Effects of hydroperiod and predation on a Mississippi River floodplain invertebrate community

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 154-165

  Corti, Deborah ^a,b   Kohler, Steven L ^a   Sparks, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Forbes Biological Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance frequency; Floodplain ponds; Habitat duration; Macroinvertebrates; Predation

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; HYDROPERIOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POND; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

USA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

CLADOCERA; DIAPHANOSOMA;

EID: 0030986894     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050070     Document Type: Article

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