Size structure of benthic invertebrate assemblages in a Mediterranean river

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 421-431

  Solimini, A G ^a   Benvenuti, A ^a   D'Olimpio, R ^a   De Cicco, M ^a   Carchini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aniene River; Animal abundance; Body mass; Linear models; Size spectra; Substrate

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE; RIVER; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ANIENE RIVER; ITALY;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0034881801     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468039     Document Type: Article

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