Benthic community structure of the Green and Colorado rivers through Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-35

  Haden, G Allen ^a   Shannon, Joseph P ^a   Wilson, Kevin P ^a   Blinn, Dean W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PERLODIDAE; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0037360499     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0023:BCSOTG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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