Leaf litter characteristics affect colonisation by stream invertebrates and growth of Olinga feredayi (Trichoptera: Conoesucidae)

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 273-287

  Quinn, John M ^a   Smith, Brian J ^a   Burrell, Gregory P ^a,b   Parkyn, Stephanie M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Experimental streams; Functional feeding groups; Invertebrate growth; Leaf litter; Olinga feredayi

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; STREAM;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; CONOESUCIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OLINGA FEREDAYI; RIPARIA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0033796515     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2000.9516932     Document Type: Article

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