Long-term resource limitation reduces insect detritivore growth in a headwater stream

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 565-574

  Johnson, Brent R ^a,c   Cross, Wyatt F ^b   Wallace, J Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Chironomidae; Detritus; Functional groups; Litter exclusion; Macroinvertebrate; Midge; Mortality; Organic matter; Peltoperlidae; Stonefly

Indexed keywords

DETRITIVORY; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH RATE; LITTER; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STREAM;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PELTOPERLIDAE; PLECOPTERA; TALLAPERLA; TANYPODINAE;

EID: 0344495442     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468353     Document Type: Article

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