Yearly discharge patterns determine species abundance and community diversity: Analysis of a 25 year record from the Breitenbach

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 511-540

  Wagner, R ^a   Schmidt, H H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; Community diversity; Discharge pattern; Environmental variables; EPT emergence; Gradient analysis; Species abundance; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BREITENBACH; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; WORLD;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 11244297845     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0161-0511     Document Type: Article

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