Invertebrate drift and benthic community dynamics in a lowland neotropical stream, Costa Rica

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 386, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 19-26

  Ramírez, Alonso ^a   Pringle, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Diel periodicity; Drift dynamics; Larval shrimp migrations; Tropical streams

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032441965     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003409927131     Document Type: Article

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