Leaf litter colonization by invertebrates in the littoral zone of a small oligotrophic lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 392, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-112

  Pope, Richard J ^a,b   Gordon, Andrew M ^a   Kaushik, Narinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b DILLON CONSULTING LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonization; Invertebrates; Leaf litter; Littoral; Oligotrophic lake

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LEAF LITTER; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA;

ACER SACCHARUM; CHIRONOMIDAE; DICROTENDIPES; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; OLIGOCHAETA; PARAKIEFFERIELLA; PARATANYTARSUS; PSEUDOCHIRONOMUS; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0032788191     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003537232319     Document Type: Article

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