Growth of a stream-dwelling caddisfly (Olinga feredayi: Conoesucidae) on surface and hyporheic food resources

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 92-104

  Burrell, G P ^a,b   Ledger, M E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MWH New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Hyporheic zone; Hyporheos; New Zealand; Organic matter; POM; Stream ecology; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CADDISFLY; GROWTH; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT; STREAM;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; CONOESUCIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OLINGA FEREDAYI; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0037336708     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467980     Document Type: Article

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