Structure and diversity of stream invertebrate assemblages: The influence of temperature with altitude and latitude

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-261

  Jacobsen, Dean ^a   Schultz, Rikke ^a   Encalada, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; LATITUDE; STREAM; TEMPERATURE;

ECUADOR;

INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030722474     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1997.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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