The trophic ecology of freshwater Gammarus spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda): Problems and perspectives concerning the functional feeding group concept

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-364

  Macneil, Calum ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish; Freshwater; Functional feeding group; Gammarus spp.; Macroinvertebrate; Predation; Shredder; Trophic

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; FOOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR; REVIEW; SHRIMP;

GAMMARUS;

EID: 0030666936     PISSN: 00063231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0006323196005038     Document Type: Review

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