The effects of shrimps on benthic material in a Brazilian island stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 592-602

  De Souza, Marcelo L ^a   Moulton, Timothy P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrical exclusion; Periphyton; Potimirim glabra; Sediments; Shrimps; Strong interactor; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; INGESTION RATE; PERIPHYTON; SEDIMENT; STREAM;

BRAZIL; ILHA GRANDE; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; ARTHROPODA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BAETIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EPHEMEROPTERA; MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM OLFERSI; POTIMIRIM GLABRA;

EID: 15944390247     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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