Disruption of a longitudinal pattern in environmental factors and benthic fauna by a glacial tributary

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 604-618

  Knispel, S ^a,c   Castella, E ^b  

^a Musee Cantonal de Zoologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Musee de Zoologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Confluence; Environmental conditions; Heterogeneity; Kryal stream; Swiss Alps

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MOUNTAIN STREAM; ZOOBENTHOS;

SWITZERLAND;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0037385732     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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