The impact of vertebrate and invertebrate predators on a stream benthic community

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 217-226

  Dahl, Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fish; Food web; Interaction; Invertebrates; Predation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; STREAM;

EID: 0032435052     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050651     Document Type: Article

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