"Island" attributes and benthic macroinvertebrates of seasonal forest pools

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 559-578

  Brooks, Robert T ^a   Colburn, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84871868756     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.019.0403     Document Type: Article

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