Macroinvertebrate distribution in the littoral zone of Lake Coleridge, South Island, New Zealand—effects of habitat stability, wind exposure, and macrophytes

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-305

  James, M R ^a   Weatherhead, M ^a   Stanger, C ^a   Graynoth, E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Lake Coleridge; Littoral zone; Macroinvertebrate production; Macroinvertebrates; Macrophytes; Snails

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAKE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; SHORE (NONMARINE); WIND;

LAKE COLERIDGE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; GASTROPODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0032406548     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516826     Document Type: Article

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