Longitudinal and temporal patterns of benthic coarse participate organic matter in the Ag̈era stream (northern Spain)

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-366

  González, Esther ^a   Pozo, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic coarse particulate organic matter; Riparian vegetation; Spain; Stream; Temporal and longitudinal patterns

Indexed keywords

LONGITUDINAL VARIATION; POM; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SPAIN, AGUERA RIVER;

EID: 0030301963     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00877475     Document Type: Article

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