Role of transported particulate organic matter in the macroinvertebrate colonization of litter bags in streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 575-586

  Dangles, Olivier ^a,b   Guerold, François ^a,b   Usseglio Polatera, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization; Headwater streams; Litter bags; Macroinvertebrates; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FRESHWATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034987845     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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