Role of Podostemum ceratophyllum Michx. in structuring benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a southern Appalachian river

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 713-727

  Hutchens Jr , John J ^a,c   Wallace, J Bruce ^a   Romaniszyn, Eric D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Filterers; Functional feeding groups; Gatherers; Habitat; Macrophytes; Productivity; Scrapers; Surface area

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CERATOPHYLLUM; PODOSTEMUM CERATOPHYLLUM;

EID: 9644280859     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0713:ROPCMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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