Ecological processes affecting community structure of blackfly larvae in regulated and unregulated rivers: A regional study

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 673-686

  Zhang, Yixin ^a   Malmqvist, Björn ^a   Englund, Göran ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biotic interaction; Flow regulation; PLS modelling; Simuliidae; Suspended particles

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; LARVA; RIVER;

SWEDEN;

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0032436497     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.355345.x     Document Type: Article

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