Autochthonous vs. allochthonous organic matter ingested by a macroinvertebrate in headwater streams: Gammarus sp. as a biological probe

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-36

  Gayte, Xavier ^b   Fontvieille, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE; HEADWATER STREAM; ORGANIC MATTER;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARUS;

EID: 0030987691     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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