Inundated floodplain gravels in a stream with an unstable bed: Temporary shelter or true invertebrate refugium?

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-156

  Matthaei, C D ^a,b   Townsend, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Floodplain gravels; Invertebrates; Refugia; Stream ecology; Streambed stability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; GRAVEL; INVERTEBRATE; NEW ZEALAND; SEDIMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

FLOODPLAIN; GRAVEL; INVERTEBRATE; REFUGE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033871792     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2000.9516922     Document Type: Article

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