Macroinvertebrate richness patterns in North African streams

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1821-1833

  Beauchard, Olivier ^a   Gagneur, James ^a   Brosse, Sebastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Benthic fauna; Coleoptera; Ephemeroptera; Morocco; Plecoptera; Richness; Stream macroinvertebrates; Trichoptera; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROECOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0345735948     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2003.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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