Field experiments on the mobility of benthic invertebrates in a southern English stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-47

  Winterbottom, Julie H ^a   Orton, Stuart E ^a   Hildrew, Alan G ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCTRA NIGRA; NEMURELLA PICTETII; PLECOPTERA; PLECTROCNEMIA CONSPERSA;

EID: 0030767901     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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