Migratory drift of larval freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams, Puerto Rico

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-273

  March, J G ^a   Benstead, J P ^a   Pringle, C M ^a   Scatena, F N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; CRUSTACEAN; LARVA; MIGRATION; STREAM;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0031659265     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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