Record Details
Aquatic environment and food habits of mayflies
University of Idaho Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Aquatic environment and food habits of mayflies |
| Creator | Brusven, M.A. |
| Date | 1969-06-01 |
| Coverage | St. Maries River 47.26, -116.6 |
| Subject | mayflies; feeding rates; habitats |
| Description | The food habits and ecology were studied for 31 species of mayfly nymphs from the St. Maries River in Idaho, during 1967 and 1968. Mayfly nymphs were basically herbivores, feeding on variable amounts of detritus, diatoms and filamentous algae; insects were occasionally consumed. The feeding habits depended largely on the microhabitat of the nymph, e.g. riffle species generally fed more on filamentous algae and diatoms while pool-inhabiting nymphs fed largely on detritus. Different age... |
| Relation | Coeur d'Alene Basin |
| Contributor | Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; IWRRI |
| Publisher | University of Idaho |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/ |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | Text |
| Identifier | http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/217 |
