Lotic meiofaunal community dynamics: Colonisation, resilience and persistence in a spatially and temporally heterogeneous environment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 135-147

  Robertson, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Life history strategies; Lotic meiofauna; Persistence; Resilience

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; PERSISTENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034037651     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2000.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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