Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in relationship to plant roots, sediment type and spatial scale in fishponds and slow streams

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-81

  Sagova Mareckova, Marketa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biotic factors; Chironomids; Environmental factors; Oligochaetes; Sediment quality

Indexed keywords

MACROINVERTEBRATE; OXYGEN; ROOT SYSTEM; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0036915092     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2002/0156-0063     Document Type: Article

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