Response of benthic invertebrates to natural versus experimental disturbance in a Swiss prealpine river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-77

  Matthaei, Christoph D ^a   Uehlinger, Urs ^b   Frutiger, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; MACROBENTHOS; RECOLONIZATION;

SWITZERLAND, NECKER RIVER;

BAETIDAE; BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CORYNONEURA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HYDRACARINA; LEUCTRA; LEUCTRIDAE; PENTANEURINI; PLECOPTERA; RHITHROGENA; SIMULIIDAE; THIENEMANNIELLA;

EID: 0030621338     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00141.x     Document Type: Review

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