Current velocity and food supply as factors affecting the composition of macroinvertebrates in bryophyte habitats in karst running water

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 577-593

  Habdija, Ivan ^a   Habdija, Biserka Primc ^a   Matoničkin, Renata ^a   Kučinić, Mladen ^a   Radanović, Ines ^a   Miliša, Marko ^a   Mihaljević, Zlatko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aquatic bryophytes; Croatia; Functional feeding composition; Karstic tufa biotopes; Macroinvertebrate community

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 10044290378     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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