Respiratory ecology of macroinvertebrates in a swamp-river system of East Africa

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 572-585

  Chapman, Lauren J ^a,b,f   Schneider, Kimberly R ^a,c   Apodaca, Chrissy ^a,d   Chapman, Colin A ^a,b,e  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air breathers; Aquatic insects; Hypoxia; Papyrus swamp; Tracheal gills; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYPOXIA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESPIRATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWAMP;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 12244263791     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00351.x     Document Type: Article

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