Relative importance of surface and subsurface movement on benthic community recovery in the Makaretu River, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 459-469

  Fowler, Reece T ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Kingett Mitchell Golder New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial substrates; Benthic invertebrates; Colonisation; Community recovery; Drift; Hyporheic zone; New Zealand; Rivers; Subsurface colonization

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MOVEMENT; STREAM; ZOOBENTHOS;

MAKARETU RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; DELEATIDIUM; ELMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036768924     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2002.9517101     Document Type: Article

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