Macroconsumer effects on insect detritivores and detritus processing in a tropical stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 515-523

  Rosemond, Amy D ^a   Pringle, Catherine M ^a   Ramírez, Alonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY RATE; DETRITIVORE; DETRITUS; INVERTEBRATE DENSITY; PREDATION; STREAM;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0031957455     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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