Nested hierarchies and scale-dependence of mechanisms of flow refugium use

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 221-238

  Lancaster, Jill ^a   Belyea, Lisa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disturbance; flow refugia; habitat heterogeneity; persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030896675     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468253     Document Type: Article

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