Feeding ecology of two plecopterans in low order Andean-Patagonian streams

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-135

  Albariño, Ricardo J ^a,b   Villanueva, Verónica Díaz ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Researcher   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Feeding habits; Functional ecology; Leaf litter; Periphyton; Trait plasticity

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUBSTRATES;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LEAF LITTER;

NOTOPERLA ARCHIPLATAE; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 33744486866     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200510823     Document Type: Article

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