Seasonal boundary dynamics of a groundwater/surface-water ecotone

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2019-2031

  Fraser, Brian G ^a   Williams, D Dudley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Freshwater invertebrates; Groundwater; Hyporheic zone; Hyporheic groundwater interface; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

FAUNA; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPORHEIC ZONE; SEASONALITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; ONTARIO; SPEED RIVER;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031720295     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2019:SBDOAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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