Interference competition between the net-building caddisfly ceratopsyche oslari and the amphipod gammarus lacustris

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-280

  Haden, Allen ^a   Blinn, Dean W ^a   Shannon, Jospeh P ^a   Wilson, Kevin P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; ZOOBENTHOS;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; CERATOPSYCHE OSLARI; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0032882161     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1999.9663681     Document Type: Article

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