Sediment texture mediates high-flow effects on lotic macroinvertebrates

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 542-553

  Holomuzki, Joseph R ^a   Biggs, Barry J F ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Deleatidium; Dislodgment; Drift; Grain sorting and shape; Mortality; Patch stability; Potamopyrgus antipodarum; Pycnocentrodes aeris; Ramped flows; Sedimentary flow refugia

Indexed keywords

DRIFT BEHAVIOR; GRAIN SIZE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; STREAMFLOW; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CONOESUCIDAE; DELEATIDIUM; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIIDAE; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM; PYCNOCENTRODES; PYCNOCENTRODES AERIS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0345357877     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468351     Document Type: Article

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