Food quality, larval consumption, and growth of klapopteryx kuscheli (plecoptera: Austroperlidae) from a south andes stream

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 517-526

  Albariño, Ricardo J ^a   Balseiro, Esteban G ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; STONEFLY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

AUSTROPERLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; KLAPOPTERYX; KLAPOPTERYX KUSCHELI; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 0035696804     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2001.9663843     Document Type: Article

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