Habitat partitioning by chironomid larvae in arrays of leaf patches in streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-479

  Silver, Pamela ^a   McCall, Catherine Brown ^a,c   Wooster, David ^b,d  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomid; Density dependent dispersal; Habitat partitioning; Patch arrangement; Recruitment inhibition; Streambed array

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; NICHE PARTITIONING; RECRUITMENT; STREAM BED;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 4944230481     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0467:HPBCLI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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