Leaf litter of Erythrina crista-galli L. (ceibo): Trophic and substratum resources for benthic Invertebrates in a secondary channel of the middle Paraná river

Limnetica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Ramseyer, Úrsula ^a   Marchese, Mercedes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Colonization; Decomposition rate; Feeding functional groups

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; LEGUME; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYTODETRITUS; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER CHANNEL; SAMPLING; SUBSTRATE;

ARGENTINA; PARANA RIVER;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI; INVERTEBRATA; ISOCHAETA; LIMNOPERNA FORTUNEI; MOLLUSCA; NAIDIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OSTRACODA; POLYPEDILUM; PRISTINA AMERICANA; SLAVINA;

EID: 77954975502     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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