Field experiments on flow refugia in streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 569-580

  Winterbottom, Julie H ^a   Orton, Stuart E ^a   Hildrew, Alan G ^a   Lancaster, Jill ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; HYDRAULIC DISTURBANCE; PEAK FLOW; REFUGIA; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM;

UK, ENGLAND, BROADSTONE STREAM; UK, SCOTLAND, DARGALL LANE;

EID: 0030616622     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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