Tadpole shrimp structure macroinvertebrate communities in playa lake microcosms

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 541, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Yee, Susan Harrell ^a,b   Willig, Michael R ^a   Moorhead, Daryl L ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecosystem engineer; Invertebrate community; Microcosms; playas; Predation; Species interactions; Texas; Triops longicaudatus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODIFICATION; SEDIMENTS;

CONTROLLING STRUCTURE; HATCHING; TADPOLE SHRIMPS; TAXA;

MICROORGANISMS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA; NOTOSTRACA; TRIOPS; TRIOPS LONGICAUDATUS;

EID: 21244494467     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-5033-6     Document Type: Article

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