Comparison of macroinvertebrate diversity and community structure among perennial and non-perennial headwater streams

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-26

  Santos, Anna N ^a,b   Stevenson, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79955421177     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.018.0102     Document Type: Article

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