Reach-scale distribution dynamics of a grazing stream insect, Micrasema quadriloba martynov (Brachycentridae, Trichoptera), in relation to current velocity and periphyton abundance

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 853-860

  Katano, Izumi ^a   Mitsuhashi, Hiromune ^b   Isobe, Yu ^c   Sato, Hiroaki ^a   Oishi, Tadashi ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUSEUM OF NATURE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES   (Japan)

^c Nara Bunka Women's College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Caddisfly; Chlorophyll a; Grazer; Periphyton; Stream flow regime; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; JAPAN; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; TIME; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; JAPAN; LARVA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BRACHYCENTRIDAE; INSECTA; MICRASEMA; QUADRILOBA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 25444471066     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.853     Document Type: Article

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