Micro-distribution of oligochaetes in a soft-bottomed lowland stream (Elsbeek; The Netherlands)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 406, Issue , 1999, Pages 149-163

  Verdonschot, Piet F M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discharge; Hydraulics; Oligochaete; Organic matter; Season; Substrate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISCHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NETHERLANDS;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA; STYLODRILUS HERINGIANUS;

EID: 0033158136     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003796403364     Document Type: Article

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