Heterogeneity in streams: The influence of environmental heterogeneity on patterns and processes in streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-173

  Palmer, Margaret A ^a   Poff, N LeRoy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological heterogeneity; pattern; process; scale; temporal and spatial variability; variance

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0030893039     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468249     Document Type: Article

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