Assessing ecological responses to catastrophic amphibian declines: Patterns of macroinvertebrate production and food web structure in upland Panamanian streams

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 331-343

  Colón Gaud, Checo ^a   Whiles, Matt R ^a   Kilham, Susan S ^b   Lips, Karen R ^a   Pringle, Cathy M ^c   Connelly, Scott ^c   Peterson, Scot D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HEADWATER; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DECLINE; STREAM; TAXONOMY; UPLAND REGION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AMPHIBIA; PETROPHILA; PSEPHENUS;

EID: 61649121306     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0331     Document Type: Article

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