Quantifying macroinvertebrate taxon richness and abundance in open and forested pool complexes in the Sutherland Flows

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-217

  Standen, Valerie ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid pools; Afforestation; Aquatic invertebrates; Patterned mires; Rarefaction; Taxon richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0032907977     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199903/04)9:2<209::AID-AQC333>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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