Scales of hydroecological variability within a groundwater-dominated stream

River Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 347-367

  Wood, P J ^a   Hannah, D M ^b   Agnew, M D ^c   Petts, G E ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Ecohydrology; Macroinvertebrates; Regimes; River flow; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER FLOW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034764487     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rrr.658     Document Type: Article

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