Stream macroinvertebrate communities in a conifer-afforested catchment in Ireland: Relationships to physico-chemical and biotic factors

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 175-193

  Clenaghan, C ^a   Giller, P S ^a   O'Halloran, J ^a   Hernan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORESTED CATCHMENT; INVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

IRELAND;

EID: 0031829571     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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