Top-down and bottom-up influences on populations of a stream detritivore

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1206-1218

  McIntosh, Angus R ^a   Greig, Hamish S ^a   Mcmurtrie, Shelley A ^a,b   Nyström, Per ^a,c   Winterbourn, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b EOS Ecology   (New Zealand)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caddisfly; Case morphology; Detritus; Leaf packs; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FOOD WEB; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

NOTHOFAGUS; OECONESIDAE; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; TRICHOPTERA; ZELANDOPSYCHE INGENS;

EID: 21244467512     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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