Growth patterns of a stream vertebrate differ between urban and forested catchments

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1628-1635

  Barrett, Kyle ^a,b   Helms, Brian S ^a   Samoray, Stephen T ^a   Guyer, C ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Competition; Growth rate; Predator avoidance; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; EURYCEA BISLINEATA; EURYCEA CIRRIGERA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954527266     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02393.x     Document Type: Article

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