Effect of habitat type on benthic macroinvertebrates in two lowland tropical streams, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1998, Pages 201-213

  Ramírez, Alonso ^a   Paaby, Pia ^b   Pringle, Catherine M ^a   Agüero, Grettel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Community structure; Diversity; Leaf pack habitats; Riffle habitats; Talamanca

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037533324     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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