A study of terrestrial and aerial macroinvertebrates on river banks and their contribution to drifting fauna and salmonid diets in a Scottish catchment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 427, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-100

  Bridcut, E E ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial; Drift; Macroinvertebrates; Salmonids; Stomach; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATION; RIVER BANK; SALMON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABUNDANCE; DIET; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER BANK; SALMONID; STOMACH CONTENT;

NETHY RIVER; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034209923     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003927331472     Document Type: Article

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