How do grazers affect periphyton heterogeneity in streams?

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 576-587

  Álvarez, Maruxa ^a,b   Peckarsky, Barbara L ^a,c  

^a Rocky Mt Biological Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Microcosms; Mobility; Morisita index; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

GRAZING; MICROCOSM; MOBILITY; PERIPHYTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOLOGY; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS;

ALGAE; ALLOMYIA; APATANIIDAE; BAETIDAE; BAETIS; BAETIS BICAUDATUS; EPEORUS; EPEORUS DECEPTIVUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 13844281775     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1759-0     Document Type: Article

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