Small spate disturbance and the complexity of habitat architecture in Mountain River, Tasmania

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 851-855

  Robson, Belinda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA;

BENTHOS; DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; HABITAT ARCHITECTURE;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, MOUNTAIN RIVER;

EID: 0029661002     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF9960851     Document Type: Article

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