Effects of sediment particle size composition on survivorship of benthic invertebrates from Lake Tanganyika, Africa

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-144

  Donohue, Ian ^a   Irvine, Kenneth ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Lake Tanganyika; Sediment particle size; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; SURVIVORSHIP;

AFRICA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0038693492     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0157-0131     Document Type: Article

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