Secondary production, longevity and resource consumption rates of freshwater shrimps in two tropical streams with contrasting geomorphology and food web structure
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WYATT F. CROSS* , ALAN P. COVICH*, TODD A. CROWL , JONATHAN P. BENSTEAD AND ALONSO RAMÍREZ § *Institute of Ecology, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, U.S.A. Ecology Center and Department of Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources, Utah State, University, Logan, UT 84322, U.S.A. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, U.S.A. Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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