Influence of organic matter on invertebrate colonization of sand substrata in a northern Michigan stream

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 244-252

  Yamamuro, Asako M ^a,b   Lamberti, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic organic matter; Colonization; Forested streams; Macroinvertebrates; Michigan; Sand habitats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; HABITAT TYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOTH; ORGANIC MATTER; SAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST; SHANE CREEK; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TIPULIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34249783919     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[244:IOOMOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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