Factors influencing the importance of Gammarus spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in riverine salmonid diets

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-107

  MacNeil, Calum ^a   Elwood, Robert W ^a   Dick, Jaimie T A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; SALMONID; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTHERN ISLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMPHIPODA; BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; GAMMARUS DUEBENI CELTICUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; PULEX; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033865552     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/149/2000/87     Document Type: Article

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