Channel morphology, water temperature, and assemblage structure of stream insects

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 728-749

  Hawkins, Charles P ^a   Hogue, James N ^a,c   Decker, Lynn M ^b   Feminella, Jack W ^a,d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Assemblage structure; California; Channel morphology; Climate change; Distribution; Geographic gradients; Landscape ecology; Multivariate analysis; Non metric multidimensional scaling; Streams; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; STREAM ECOSYSTEM; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

CALIFORNIA; USA;

EID: 0031413893     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468167     Document Type: Article

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