Secondary production, longevity and resource consumption rates of freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams with contrasting geomorphology and food web structure

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2504-2519

  Cross, Wyatt F ^a,e   Covich, Alan P ^a   Crowl, Todd A ^b   Benstead, Jonathan P ^c   Raḿrez, Alonso ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atya; Bioenergetics; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Puerto Rico; Xiphocaris

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ATYA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; PISCES; XIPHOCARIS; XIPHOCARIS ELONGATA;

EID: 55349087281     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02078.x     Document Type: Article

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