Patch- and reach-scale dynamics of a macrophyte-invertebrate system in a New Zealand lowland stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 392, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-97

  Collier, Kevin J ^a   Champion, Paul D ^a   Croker, Glenys F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Egeria; Epiphyton; Lowland streams; Macrophytes; New Zealand; Phytophilous invertebrates; Potamogeton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; MACROPHYTE; STREAM;

NEW ZEALAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DECAPODA; DIPTERA; EGERIA DENSA; NAONELLA FORSYTHI; PARATYA CURVIROSTRIS; POTAMOGETON CRISPUS; TANYTARSUS VESPERTINUS;

EID: 0032772182     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003653717805     Document Type: Article

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