Are macroinvertebrates in high altitude streams affected by oxygen deficiency?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2025-2032

  Jacobsen, Dean ^a   Rostgaard, Stig ^a   Vásconez, Juan José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Altitude; Community composition; Ecuador; Oxygen supply; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OXYGEN; STREAM;

EID: 0242485348     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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