Patchiness of River-Groundwater Interactions within Two Floodplain Landscapes and Diversity of Aquatic Invertebrate Communities

Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 707-722

  Brunke, Matthias ^a   Hoehn, Eduard ^a   Gonser, Tom ^a  

^a Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biodiversity; Ecology; Floodplain; Geomorphology; Habitat diversity; Hydrogeology; River

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; RIVER; WATER EXCHANGE; ZOOBENTHOS;

BRENNO RIVER; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0346305919     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0110-z     Document Type: Article

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