Habitat type and macroinvertebrate assemblages in low order Patagonian streams

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-483

  Velásquez, Stella Maris ^a   Miserendino, M Laura ^a,b  

^a Lab de Ecologia Acuatica   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Functional feeding groups; Macroinvertebrates; Organic matter; Patagonia; Species assemblages

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT TYPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORDINATION; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346936036     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0158-0461     Document Type: Article

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