Annual and seasonal variation and the effects of hydroperiodon Benthic Macroinvertebrates of seasonal forest (Vernal) ponds in central Massachusetts, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 707-715

  Brooks, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Hydroperiod; Island biogeography; Seasonal forest ponds; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPHEMERAL POOL; HYDROPERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0034467366     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2000)020[0707:AASVAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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