Day-night changes in the spatial distribution and habitat preferences of freshwater shrimps, Gammarus pulex, in a stony stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 552-566

  Elliott, J M ^a  

^a FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Detritus; Flow; Gammarus pulex; Substratum; Variance mean relationship

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HABITAT SELECTION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; INVERTEBRATA; PULEX;

EID: 15944368955     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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