Leaf diet affects growth of a shredder, Limnephilus indivisus, from a seasonal New England pond

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Smyers, Scott D ^a   Trowbridge, Brett A ^a   Butler, Brian O ^a  

^a Oxbow Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; LIMNEPHILUS INDIVISUS; QUERCUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 79955373234     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.018.0103     Document Type: Article

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