Production dynamics of Hyalella azteca (Amphipoda) among different habitats in a small wetland in the southeastern USA

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 537-550

  Pickard, Daniel P ^a,b   Benke, Arthur C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

amphipod; growth rate; habitat; Hyalella; life history; macrophyte; production; wetland; wood

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; AZTECA; HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA ODORATA;

EID: 0030478686     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467805     Document Type: Article

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