The intermediate disturbance hypothesis, refugia, and biodiversity in streams

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 938-949

  Townsend, Colin R ^a   Scarsbrook, Mike R ^a,c   Dolédec, Sylvain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROHABITAT; REFUGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

EID: 0031395424     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.5.0938     Document Type: Article

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