Community structure during a 27-year study of the macroinvertebrate fauna of a chemically unstable lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 421, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-127

  Savage, A A ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equitability; Fresh water; Macroinvertebrates; Niche pre emption hypothesis; Rank abundance; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0034163897     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003951223718     Document Type: Article

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