Effects of increased flow in the main stem of the River Rhine on the invertebrate communities of its tributaries

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-26

  Beckmann, Melanie C ^a,d   Schóll, Franz ^b   Matthaei, Christoph D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d Taihu Venice Garden   (China)

Author keywords

Ecotones; Macroinvertebrates; Rivers; Transition zones; Two way interaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTONE; FLOODING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TRIBUTARY; WATER FLOW;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 12744278252     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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