Colonization dynamics of river benthos in response to local changes in bed characteristics

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-248

  Williams, D Dudley ^a   Smith, Marilyn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; MACROBENTHOS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0030304873     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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