Spatial pattern, patch dynamics and successional change: Chironomid assemblages in a Lake Erie coastal wetland

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-286

  Botts, P Silver ^a  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATCH DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION; WETLAND;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, PRESQUE ISLE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOTANYTARSUS MANCUS; CRYPTOCHIRONOMUS; DIPTERA; LAUTERBORNIELLA AGRAYLOIDES; PARATANYTARSUS; STICTOCHIRONOMUS; TANYTARSUS LUGENS;

EID: 0030618966     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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