Longitudinal and seasonal pattern of insect emergence in alpine streams

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-78

  Füreder, Leopold ^a   Wallinger, Manfred ^a   Burger, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Chironomids; Emergence window; Glacier fed; Spring fed

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMERGENCE; INSECT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 21344456160     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-004-2969-6     Document Type: Article

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