Local versus longitudinal biological variability in a high gradient stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 477, Issue , 2002, Pages 107-114

  Crosa, G ^a   Villa, S ^b   Cotta Ramusino, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Flow type; Instream habitats; River Continuum Concept

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HYDRAULICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL VARIATIONS;

SURFACE WATERS;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INSECT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ITALY;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036624977     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021065116696     Document Type: Article

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