Effects of drought and hurricane disturbances on headwater distributions of palaemonid river shrimp (Macrobrachium spp.) in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-107

  Covich, Alan P ^a   Crowl, Todd A ^b   Heartsill Scalley, Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Drainage networks; Geomorphology; Habitat preference; Omnivores; Prey refugia

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FOOD WEB; HURRICANE; INVERTEBRATE; RIVER;

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

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 33645697394     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[99:EODAHD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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