Resource dynamics and detritivore production in an acid stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 578-591

  Pretty, James L ^a,c   Giberson, Donna J ^b   Dobson, Michael ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caddisfly; Detritus dynamics; Life histories; Secondary production; Stonefly

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CADDISFLY; DETRITIVORY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STONEFLY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AMPHINEMURA SULCICOLLIS; CAPNIA; CAPNIA VIDUA; HIPPOPUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCTRA HIPPOPUS; LEUCTRA INERMIS; LEUCTRA NIGRA; NEMOURA CINEREA; PLECOPTERA; POTAMOPHYLAX CINGULATUS; PROTONEMURA MEYERI; TRICHOPTERA; VIDUA;

EID: 15944376591     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01341.x     Document Type: Article

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