Response of invertebrates to lotic disturbance: Is the hyporheic zone a patchy refugium?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-276

  Dole Olivier, M J ^a   Marmonier, P ^b   Beffy, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MACROBENTHOS; REFUGIUM;

FRANCE, RHONE RIVER;

CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; GAMMARUS; NIPHARGOPSIS; NIPHARGUS;

EID: 0030618965     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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