Colonization of ephemeral detrital patches by vagile macroinvertebrates in a brackish lake: A body size-related process?

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 292-302

  Mancinelli, Giorgio ^a   Sabetta, Letizia ^a   Basset, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Body size; Fractal; Leaf detritus; Patch use

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; BRACKISH WATER; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; DETRITIVORY; EPHEMERAL LAKE; ISOPOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PATCH USE; POLYCHAETE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; ITALY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; ITALY; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CAUDATA; INVERTEBRATA; LEKANESPHAERA MONODI; MICRODEUTOPUS GRYLLOTALPA; NEANTHES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33847306536     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0586-x     Document Type: Article

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