Temporal variation of energy reserves in mayfly nymphs (Hexagenia spp.) from Lake St Clair and western Lake Erie

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1726-1738

  Cavaletto, J F ^a   Nalepa, T F ^a   Fanslow, D L ^a   Schloesser, D W ^b  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic food sources; Glycogen; Great lakes macroinvertebrates; Hexagenia spp.; Lipid

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GLYCOGEN; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LIPID; MAYFLY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; EPHEMERIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAGENIA; INVERTEBRATA; LAURENTIA; SCAPPHODONTA;

EID: 0141924331     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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