Comparison of 5 benthic samplers to collect burrowing mayfly nymphs (Hexagenia spp.:Ephemeroptera:Ephemeridae) in sediments of the Laurentian Great Lakes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 487-501

  Schloesser, Don W ^a   Nalepa, Thomas F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laurentian Great Lakes; Lentic sediments; Mayfly; Sampler comparison

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MAYFLY; SAMPLER; ZOOBENTHOS;

GREAT LAKES (LAKE ERIE); NORTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA;

EID: 0036721326     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468485     Document Type: Article

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