Trophic Relationships of Macroinvertebrates

Methods in Stream Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 585-601

  Merritt , Richard W ^a   Cummins , Kenneth W ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865186103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012332908-0.50036-X     Document Type: Chapter

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