The independent and interactive effects of fine sediment and flow on benthic invertebrate communities characteristic of small upland streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-465

  Bond, Nicholas R ^a,b   Downes, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Floods; Refugia; Sediment; Stream mesocosms

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DISTURBANCE; FLOOD; INVERTEBRATE; SEDIMENT; STREAM;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037334560     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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