Resistance, resilience, and patchiness of invertebrate assemblages in native tussock and pasture streams in New Zealand after a hydrological disturbance

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 731-739

  Melo, Adriano S ^a,b,c   Niyogi, Dev K ^a,d   Matthaei, Christoph D ^a   Townsend, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INVERTEBRATE; PATCHINESS; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 10844262611     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F03-061     Document Type: Article

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