Ecology of two large, net-spinning caddisfly species in a mountain stream: Distribution, abundance, and metabolic response to a thermal gradient

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1637-1644

  Lowe, Winsor H ^a,b   Hauer, F Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CADDISFLY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ARCTOPSYCHE GRANDIS; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; PARAPSYCHE ELSIS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0033492770     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-146     Document Type: Article

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