Length-mass relationships for freshwater macroinvertebrates in North America with particular reference to the southeastern United States

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 308-343

  Benke, Arthur C ^a   Huryn, Alexander D ^b   Smock, Leonard A ^c   Wallace, J Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Aquatic insects; Biomass; Dry mass; Freshwater invertebrates; Length mass regression; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LITERATURE REVIEW; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

(SOUTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MEGALOPTERA; MOLLUSCA; ODONATA;

EID: 0033197683     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468447     Document Type: Article

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