Do invertebrates matter? Detrital processing in the River Swale-Ouse

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 210-211, Issue , 1998, Pages 427-435

  Stockley, R A ^a   Oxford, G S ^a   Ormond, R F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detritus processing; Litter bags; Macroinvertebrates; River continuum concept; River Swale Ouse

Indexed keywords

DETRITIVORY; LITTER PROCESSING; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING; GEOGRAPHY; HYPOTHESIS; INVERTEBRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTH YORKSHIRE, OUSE RIVER; UK, ENGLAND, NORTH YORKSHIRE, SWALE RIVER;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 17444434754     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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