Benthic community dynamics during summer low-flows in two rivers of contrasting enrichment 2. Invertebrates

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-83

  Suren, Alastair M ^a   Biggs, Barry J F ^a   Duncan, Maurice J ^a   Bergey, Liz ^a   Lambert, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deleatidium; Flow recession; Hydraulics; Potamopyrgus; Trophic status

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE; LOW FLOW; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERIPHYTON;

NEW ZEALAND; OKUKU RIVER; SOUTH ISLAND; WAIPARA RIVER;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA; POTAMOPYRGUS;

EID: 0038448988     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517147     Document Type: Article

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