Impact of headwater stream acidification on the trophic structure of macroinvertebrate communities

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-297

  Dangles, Olivier ^a   Guérold, François ^a  

^a Biodiversite et S Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Acid sensitive taxa; Macroinvertebrate communities; Stream acidification; Trophic structure; Vosges mountains

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0344780753     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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