A Comparison of Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Communities on Small Caribbean Islands

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1094-1100

  Bass, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Caribbean islands; Freshwater; Macroinvertebrates; Streams

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); COLEOPTERA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0345258525     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[1094:ACOFMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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