Aquatic insect assemblages in shrimp-dominated tropical streams, Puerto Rico

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-266

  Ramírez, Alonso ^a   Hernándes Crus, Lux Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Exclusion; Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico; Shrimp; Stream habitats; Top down control

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INSECT; PREDATION; STREAM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 2942633912     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00317.x     Document Type: Article

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