Does the river continuum concept apply on a tropical island? Longitudinal variation in a Puerto Rican stream

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-152

  Greathouse, Effie A ^a   Pringle, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

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

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PISCES;

EID: 33645667774     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-201     Document Type: Article

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