The effect of seasonal variation on the community structure and food-web attributes of two streams: Implications for food-web science

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-88

  Thompson, Ross M ^a   Townsend, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 0032753535     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546998     Document Type: Article

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