Spatial and temporal variation of macroinvertebrate drift in two neotropical streams

Biotropica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 567-574

  Boyero, Luz ^a   Bosch, Jaime ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community variation; Costa Rica; Macroinvertebrate drift; Spatial scales; Tropical streams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA;

EID: 0036962321     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00575.x     Document Type: Article

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