The role of competition in invertebrate community development in a recently formed stream in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-184

  Flory, Elizabeth A ^a   Milner, Alexander M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Interspecific competition; Stability; Streams; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT PATTERN; PERSISTENCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVERTEBRATE; STREAM; TEMPERATURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIAMESA ALPINA; DIAMESA LUPUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0033498842     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009961000854     Document Type: Article

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