Mass loss and macroinvertebrate colonisation of fish carcasses in riffles and pools of a NW Italian stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 532, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-122

  Fenoglio, Stefano ^a   Bo, Tiziano ^b   Agosta, Paolo ^c   Cucco, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b ARPA Alessandria   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Decomposition; Macroinvertebrate colonisation; Pools; Riffles; Trout carrion

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURAL SCIENCES; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COLONIZATION; FISH CARCASSES; MASS LOSS; MICROHABITATS;

FISHERIES;

COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

HABROPHLEBIA; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PROTONEMURA; SALMONIDAE; SERRATELLA;

EID: 19944389318     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-9451-2     Document Type: Article

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