Parallels and contrasts in the effects of drought on stream macroinvertebrate assemblages

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1173-1185

  Boulton, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chalk streams; Disturbance; Drought; Intermittent streams; Macroinvertebrates; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; LOW FLOW; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAMFLOW;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

APUS APUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0038236623     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01084.x     Document Type: Review

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