Distribution patterns of stream grazers and relationships between grazers and periphyton at multiple spatial scales

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-303

  Doi, Hideyuki ^a,b   Katano, Izumi ^c,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caddisfly; Microhabitat; Reach; Riffle; Spatial scales; Top down

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CADDISFLY; DETECTION METHOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAZING; MICROHABITAT; PERIPHYTON; POPULATION DENSITY; RIFFLE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

GLOSSOSOMA; HEXAPODA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 47049084285     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-067.1     Document Type: Article

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