Microform bed clusters as refugia for periphyton in a flood-prone headwater stream

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-374

  Francoeur, S N ^a,b,c,d   Biggs, B J F ^b,c   Lowe, R L ^a,c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Disturbance; Flood; Patch; Periphyton; Refugia; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ALGA; PERIPHYTON;

AMPITHRIX; DIATOMA HIEMALE; GOMPHONEMA MINUTUM;

EID: 0032425431     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516831     Document Type: Article

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