Conservation value of variable connectivity: Aquatic invertebrate assemblages of channel and floodplain habitats of a central Australian arid-zone river, Cooper Creek

Biological Conservation

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-31

  Sheldon, Fran ^a   Boulton, Andrew J ^b   Puckridge, Jim T ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages; Australia; Biodiversity; Connectivity; Drying; Dryland rivers; Flooding; Flow; Habitats; Scale

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEMIARID REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036027648     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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