Dry mass-length relationships for benthic insects: A review with new data from Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick, Canada

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 653-674

  Johnston, Thomas A ^a,c   Cunjak, Richard A ^b  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biomass; Invertebrates; Weight

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LITERATURE REVIEW; PREDICTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

CANADA;

EID: 0032782351     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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