Distribution and growth of benthic macroinvertebrates among different patch types of the littoral zones of two arctic lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2347-2361

  Beaty, Steven R ^a   Fortino, Kenneth ^b   Hershey, Anne E ^c  

^a Division of Water Quality   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomus growth; Chlorophyll a; Littoral zone; Organic matter resources; Pisidium individual biomass

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLY; GROWTH RATE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC MATTER; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARCTIC;

BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SP.; INVERTEBRATA; PISIDIUM; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750810024     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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