The influence of drought on chalk stream macroinvertebrates

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-399

  Wood, P J ^a,b   Petts, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Macroinvertebrates; Recovery; Siltation

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SEDIMENTS;

CHALK STREAM SYSTEMS; MACROINVERTEBRATE FAUNA;

RIVERS;

CHALK; DROUGHT; INVERTEBRATE; SILTATION; STREAM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033611767     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19990228)13:3<387::AID-HYP745>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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