What drives small-scale spatial patterns in lotic meiofauna communities?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-121

  Swan, Christopher M ^a   Palmer, Margaret A ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Meiofauna; Small scale patterns; Streams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034118028     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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