Parasitic association of Nanocladius (Diptera:Chironomidae) and Pteronarcys biloba (Plecoptera:Pteronarcyidae): Insights from stable-isotope analysis

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 514-523

  Doucett, Richard R ^a   Giberson, Donna J ^b   Power, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomid; Commensalism; Ectosymbiosis; Host; Nanocladius; Parasite; Phoresy; Pteronarcys; Stabl e isotope ratios; Stonefly; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ABLABESMYIA; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NANOCLADIUS; PLECOPTERA; PLECOPTERACOLUTHUS; PTERONARCYIDAE; PTERONARCYS; PTERONARCYS BILOBA;

EID: 0033368487     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468383     Document Type: Article

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