The influence of drought-induced low freshwater flow on an upper-estuarine macroinvertebrate community

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-268

  Attrill, Martin J ^a   Rundle, Simon D ^a   Thomas, R Myles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Aspen House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstraction; BMWP score; Drift; MDS; Salinity; Thames; Tidal river

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY; DROUGHT; ESTUARINE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SALINITY; TAXON;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ORGANISMS; FRESHWATER INPUT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; SALINITY;

UK, ENGLAND, THAMES ESTUARY; UK, THAMES ESTUARY;

EID: 0029668989     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00186-7     Document Type: Article

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