Macroinvertebrate communities of Irish headwater streams: Contribution to catchment biodiversity

Biology and Environment

Volumn 114B, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 143-162

  Callanan, Maria ^a   Baars, Jan Robert ^a   Kelly Quinn, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84921952322     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2014.30     Document Type: Article

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