Linkages between trophic variability and distribution of Pteronarcys spp. (Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae) along a stream continuum

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 224-234

  Plague, Gordon R ^a,b   Wallace, J Bruce ^a   Grubaugh, Jack W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; DIATOM; ELECTROPHORESIS; LINKAGE GROUP; NORTH AMERICA; SAMPLING;

DETRITUS; DIATOM; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; STONEFLY;

LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER; TENNESSEE; USA;

PLECOPTERA; PTERONARCYIDAE; PTERONARCYS;

EID: 0031776453     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0224:LBTVAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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