Chironomid responses to spatially structured, dynamic, streambed landscapes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-77

  Silver, Pamela ^a   Wooster, David ^b,c   Palmer, Margaret A ^b  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Dispersal; Disturbance; Ephemeral resources; Landscape stability; Patch area; Patch arrangement

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; STREAM BED;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 1342290804     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0069:CRTSSD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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