Evaluating regional differences in macroinvertebrate communities from forested depressional wetlands across eastern and central North America

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 403-414

  Batzer, Darold P ^a   Dietz Brantley, Susan E ^a,b   Taylor, Barbara E ^b   DeBiase, Adrienne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingernail clams; Hydroperiod; Invertebrates; Isopoda; Latitude; Mollusca; Seasonal ponds; Vernal ponds; Wetland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WETLAND; ZOOBENTHOS;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASELLIDAE; BIVALVIA; CAMBARIDAE; CHIROCEPHALIDAE; CRANGONYCTIDAE; HIRUDINEA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LIMNEPHILIDAE; LUMBRICULIDAE; LYMNAEIDAE; MOLLUSCA; NOTERIDAE; PHYSIDAE; SPHAERIIDAE (BIVALVES);

EID: 18944369399     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/04-055.1     Document Type: Article

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