Physical-biological coupling in streams: The pervasive effects of flow on benthic organisms

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1999, Pages 363-395

  Hart, David D ^a   Finelli, Christopher M ^a  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Boundary layer; Hydraulics; Hydrodynamics; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FLOW; STREAM;

EID: 0033401375     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.30.1.363     Document Type: Article

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