Streams in Mediterranean climate regions: Abiotic influences and biotic responses to predictable seasonal events

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1999, Pages 51-81

  Gasith, Avital ^a   Resh, Vincent H ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drying; Flooding; Human impact

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; STREAM;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0033382147     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.30.1.51     Document Type: Article

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