Comparison of gut fluorescence and gut dry mass techniques for determining feeding periodicity in lotic mayflies

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-175

  Glozier, Nancy E ^a   Culp, Joseph M ^a   Scrimgeour, Garry J ^b   Halliwell, Daryl B ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Diel periodicity; Dry mass; Fluorometry; Gut mass; Lotic mayfly

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BAETIS; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NAVICULA;

EID: 0034162645     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468289     Document Type: Article

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