Associations between Arthropods and the Supralittoral Ecotone: Dependence of Aquatic and Terrestrial Taxa on Riparian Vegetation

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1343-1353

  Romanuk, Tamara N ^a,b   Levings, Colin D ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algal wrack; Estuarine; Insects; Riparian vegetation; Supralittoral

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYPOGASTRURIDAE; INSECTA; RIPARIA; TALITRIDAE;

EID: 1642489157     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.6.1343     Document Type: Article

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