Characterising food-webs in two New Zealand streams

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 271-286

  Jaarsma, N G ^a   de Boer, S M ^a   Townsend, C R ^b   Thompson, R M ^b   Edwards, E D ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community patterns; Disturbance; Food webs; Primary production; Stream algae; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; STREAM; TROPHIC STATUS;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032406753     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516825     Document Type: Article

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