Benthic community structure and invertebrate drift in a Pacific island stream, Kosrae, Micronesia

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 125-130

  March, James G ^a,c   Benstead, Jonathan P ^a,d   Pringle, Catherine M ^a   Luckymis, Marston ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Kosrae Isl Rsrc Management Program   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^c WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphidromy; Freshwater shrimps; Migration; Oceania; Tropical rivers; Volcanic high island

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; LARVAL TRANSPORT; STREAM;

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; IMEN RIVER; KOSRAE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; OCEANIA; PISCES;

EID: 0038138096     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00270.x     Document Type: Article

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