Periphyton development in three valley segments of a New Zealand grassland river: Test of a habitat matrix conceptual model within a catchment

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-177

  Biggs, Barry J F ^a,b   Kilroy, Cathy ^a   Lowe, Rex L ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MODEL; PERIPHYTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031731897     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/143/1998/147     Document Type: Article

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