Environmental factors controlling the distributions of benthic invertebrates on rocky shores of Lake Malawi, Africa

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 202-215

  Abdallah, Amin M ^a   Barton, David R ^b  

^a Fisheries Division   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Lake Malawi; Predation; Rocky shore

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; RAIN; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; INSECTS; MACROINVERTEBRATES;

LAKES;

BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INVERTEBRATE; PREDATION; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BYRRHOIDEA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYDRACARINA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0347333540     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70549-8     Document Type: Article

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