Light and a grazing mayfly shape periphyton in a Rocky Mountain stream

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 496-507

  Wellnitz, Todd A ^a,c   Rader, Russell B ^b   Ward, J V ^a,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Laramie   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

algae; community structure; Gomphonema; herbivory; Hydrurus foetidus; light; periphyton; Rhithrogena robusta; subalpine streams

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GOMPHONEMA; HYDRURUS FOETIDUS; RHITHROGENA ROBUSTA;

EID: 0030454935     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467801     Document Type: Article

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