Longitudinal changes in macroinvertebrate assemblages along a glacial river system in central Iceland

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1737-1751

  Gíslason, Gísli M ^a   Adalsteinsson, Hákon ^b   Hansen, Iris ^a   Ólafsson, Jón S ^a   Svavarsdóttir, Kristín ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^c Soil Conservation Service   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Alpine rivers; Channel stability; Chironomidae; Glacial rivers; Iceland; Macroinvertebrate assemblages; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ICELAND;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIAMESINAE; ORTHOCLADIINAE; PLECOPTERA; RIPARIA; SIMULIIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0035674538     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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