Patterns of macroinvertebrate abundance in inland saline wetlands: A trophic analysis

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 541, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-54

  Hart, E Andrew ^a   Lovvorn, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Invertebrate community structure; Invertebrate diets; Saline wetlands; Stable isotopes; Wetland food webs

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; HYDROLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINE WATER; SILANES; TISSUE; WETLANDS;

AMPHIPODS; LARVAE; MARCROINVERTEBRATES; PREDATORY INSECTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALINITY; WETLAND;

LARAMIE BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYALLELA AZTECA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TRACHEOPHYTA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 21244474453     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-4666-9     Document Type: Article

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