Macroinvertebrate community structure in relation to measures of lotic habitat heterogeneity

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-151

  Wayne Minshall, G ^a   Robinson, Christopher T ^a,b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

USA, IDAHO;

EID: 0344222170     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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