Disturbance and patch-specific responses: The interactive effects of woody debris and floods on lotic invertebrates

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-257

  Palmer, Margaret A ^a   Arensburger, Peter ^a   Martin, Andy P ^a   Denman, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Floods; Lotic invertebrates; Patchy environments; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

COPEPOD; FLOODING; LOTIC INVERTEBRATE; PATCH DYNAMICS; WOODY DEBRIS;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 0029666832     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328554     Document Type: Article

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