Food and habitat relationships of Claassenia sabulosa (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in the upper Colorado River, Colorado

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Thorp, Richard A ^a,b   Monroe, Jeremy B ^a   Thorp, Emily C ^a   Wellnitz, Todd ^a,c   Poff, N LeRoy ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ENSR Consulting and Engineering Fort Collins   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Claassenia sabulosa; Current speed; Ontogeny; Perlidae; Predation; Stoneflies; Upper Colorado River

Indexed keywords

BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLAASSENIA SABULOSA; PERLIDAE; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 34247572837     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[57:FAHROC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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