The benthic macroinvertebrate community in Caribbean Costa Rican streams and the effect of two sampling methods

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1998, Pages 185-199

  Paaby, Pia ^a,b   Ramírez, Alonso ^c   Pringle, Cathy M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b MeRida SA Consultores Ambientales   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Costa Rica; Macroinvertebrates; Richness; Sampling method; Streams; Tropical Caribbean

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042678367     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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