Effects of spates and drying on macroinvertebrate assemblages of an intermittent and a perennial prairie stream

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 670-689

  Miller, A Maria ^a,b   Golladay, Stephen W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dewatering; intermittent; invertebrate assemblages; perennial; prairie stream; resilience; resistance; spate

Indexed keywords

BAETIS; CAENIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIA;

EID: 0030454937     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467815     Document Type: Article

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