On the ecology of the filter-feeding Neureclipsis bimaculata (Trichoptera, Polycentropodidae) in an acid and iron rich post-mining stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 592, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-150

  Hünken, Andreas ^a   Mutz, Michael ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Larval development; Microdistribution; Net capture efficiency; Organismic drift; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BIOFILTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON COMPOUNDS; MARINE BORERS; MICROORGANISMS;

LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICRODISTRIBUTION; NET CAPTURE EFFICIENCY; ORGANISMIC DRIFTS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

LIGNITE MINES;

ABUNDANCE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CADDISFLY; DIET; ECOLOGY; FILTER FEEDING; IRON; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOMETRY; OPEN PIT MINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STREAM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LUSATIA;

NEURECLIPSIS BIMACULATA; POLYCENTROPODIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34548425533     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0735-1     Document Type: Article

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