Macroinvertebrate communities, secondary production, and life history patterns in two adjacent streams in Idaho, USA

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-281

  Robinson, Christopher T ^a,b   Minshall, G Wayne ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIFE HISTORY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

BIRCH CREEK; IDAHO; LOST RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031824518     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/142/1998/257     Document Type: Article

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