Scales of macroinvertebrate distribution in relation to the hierarchical organization of river systems

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-122

  Parsons, Melissa ^a,b   Thoms, Martin C ^a   Norris, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ANOSIM; Cluster analysis; Ecogeomorphology; Fluvial geomorphology; Spatial scaling

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037337234     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467981     Document Type: Article

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