Empirical models predicting population abundance and productivity in lotic systems

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-337

  Morin, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal abundance; Body Size; Empirical models; Precision; Prediction; Secondary production; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031006163     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468021     Document Type: Article

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