Selective feeding by larval dytiscids (Coleoptera:Dytiscidae) and effects of fish predation on upper littoral zone macroinvertebrate communities of arctic lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 497, Issue , 2003, Pages 13-23

  Tate, Amanda W ^a   Hershey, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dytiscid predation; Fish effects on invertebrates; Gut content electrophoresis; Littoral zones; Macroinvertebrate communities; Size selective predation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FISHERIES; GELS; LAKES;

SPECIES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDATION;

AMPHIPODA; CHAOBORIDAE; CHAOBORUS; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; GAMMARUS; HYGROBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242570577     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025401318921     Document Type: Article

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