The quantification of local substrate heterogeneity in streams and its significance for macroinvertebrate assemblages

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 499, Issue , 2003, Pages 161-168

  Boyero, Luz ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrate assemblages; Patch; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatial scales; Stream substrate

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; SUBSTRATES;

BIOTIC VARIANCE; SEGMENT SCALES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 0345149845     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026321331092     Document Type: Article

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