Spatial variability and assemblage structure of stream hydropsychid caddisflies

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 576-588

  Fairchild, Matthew P ^a,b,d   Holomuzki, Joseph R ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladophora; Habitable substrate; Hydropsychid caddisflies; Microdistributions; Seston quantity and type; Spatial scales; Temperature; Upstream downstream gradient

Indexed keywords

CADDISFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CASTOR FIBER; CERATOPSYCHE; CERATOPSYCHE MOROSA; CERATOPSYCHE SLOSSONAE; CERATOPSYCHE SPARNA; CHEUMATOPSYCHE; CLADOPHORA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; HYDROPSYCHE; HYDROPSYCHE BETTENI; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0036895453     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468431     Document Type: Article

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