Functional redundancy of stream macroconsumers despite differences in catchment land use

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2587-2599

  Schofield, K A ^a,c   Pringle, C M ^c   Meyer, J L ^c   Rosi Marshall, E J ^b,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric exclusion; Land use; Redundancy; Streams; Top down

Indexed keywords

ACHNANTHES; ALGAE; ASTACOIDEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYMBELLA; HEXAPODA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; MELOSIRA;

EID: 55349112209     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02085.x     Document Type: Article

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