Ontogenetic changes in the drifting of four species of elmid beetles elucidate the complexity of drift-benthos relationships in a small stream in Northwest England

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-170

  Elliott, J M ^a  

^a FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drifting; Elmis; Esolus; Limnius; Oulimnius

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; ELMIDAE; ELMIS; ELMIS AENEA; ESOLUS; ESOLUS PARALLELEPIPEDUS; LIMNIUS; OULIMNIUS; OULIMNIUS TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 37149052099     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01884.x     Document Type: Article

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