The impact of sediment reworking by opportunistic chironomids on specialised mayflies

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 770-780

  De Haas, Elske M ^a   Kraak, Michiel H S ^a   Koelmans, Albert A ^b   Admiraal, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Chironomus riparius; Ephoron virgo; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAYFLY; SURVIVAL; WATER QUALITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; EPHEMEROPTERA; EPHORON; EPHORON VIRGO; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 18044370269     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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