Grazing insects reduce algal biomass in a neotropical stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 532, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-165

  Barbee, Nicole C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing insects; Herbivory; Latitudinal patterns; Mayflies; Sicydium salvini; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FISHERIES; STREAM FLOW; SUBSTRATES; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGAL BIOMASS; INSECTS; NEOTROPICAL STREAM; RIFFLE HABITAT;

ALGAE;

HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; PACIFIC COAST [COSTA RICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GOBIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SICYDIUM;

EID: 15944397131     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-9527-z     Document Type: Article

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