Does surface textural complexity of woody debris in lotic ecosystems influence their colonization by aquatic invertebrates?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 489, Issue , 2002, Pages 11-20

  Mathooko, Jude Mutuku ^a   Otieno, Crispin Oduor ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Benthos; Kenya; Stream; Wood immersion; Wood surface heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; RIVERS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; VEGETATION;

LOTIC ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COLONIZATION; HABITAT SELECTION; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; WOODY DEBRIS; ZOOBENTHOS;

KENYA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0037837125     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023214526134     Document Type: Article

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