Benthic invertebrates and metabolism of West Carpathian (Slovakia) rivers

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 274-283

  Šporka, Ferdinand ^a   Krno, Il'ja ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Organic matter; Periphyton; Secondary production; Trophic guilds

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STREAM;

CARPATHIANS; SLOVAKIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042709544     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200390024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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