Ontogenetic and temporal shifts in the diet of the amphipod Gammagrus fasciatus, in the Ohio River

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 329-336

  Summers, R Brent ^a   Delong, M D ^b   Thorp, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; GAMMAGRUS; GAMMAGRUS FASCIATUS; GAMMARUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 0030949276     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426852     Document Type: Article

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