Impact of tadpoles and mosquito larvae on ephemeral pond structure and processes

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 436-444

  Mokany, Allie ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Ecosystem function; Limnodynastes; Macroinvertebrates; Ochlerotatus; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARRIVAL TIME; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EPHEMERAL POOL; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROCOSM; MOSQUITO; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURVIVAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS OPPOSITUS; DIPTERA; EPHYDRIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LIMNODYNASTES; LIMNODYNASTES TASMANIENSIS; MOINA AUSTRALIENSIS; OCHLEROTATUS NOTOSCRIPTUS;

EID: 34249049848     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06201     Document Type: Article

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