Larval size and leaf conditioning in the breakdown of Nothofagus pumilio leaves by Klapopteryx kuscheli (Insecta, Plecoptera) in a South Andean stream

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 397-404

  Albarino, Ricardo J ^a   Balseiro, Esteban G ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Efficiencies; Larval growth; Leaf decay rates

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DECOMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF; STREAM;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

AUSTROPERLIDAE; KLAPOPTERYX KUSCHELI; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 0032418083     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19980830507     Document Type: Article

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