Seasonal disturbance of a lake outlet benthic community

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-315

  Robinson, Christopher T ^b   Burgherr, Peter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; SEASONALITY; STREAM;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0033033735     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/145/1999/297     Document Type: Article

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