Comparison of macroinvertebrate assemblages of permanent and temporary streams in an alpine flood plain, Switzerland

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-510

  Rüegg, Janine ^a   Robinson, Christopher T ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Drought; Intermittent; Life history; Prosimulium latimucro

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLOODPLAIN; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRENOBIA ALPINA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; PROSIMULIUM; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 11244288053     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0161-0489     Document Type: Article

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