Of spates and species: Responses by interstitial water mites to simulated spates in a subtropical Australian river

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 149-169

  Boulton, Andrew ^a   Harvey, Mark ^b   Proctor, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Flow refuges; Hyporheic refuge hypothesis; Interstitial water mites; Spates; Subtropical river

Indexed keywords

HYPORHEIC ZONE; MITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACARI; HYDRACARINA; INVERTEBRATA; ORIBATIDA; PROSTIGMATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MITE; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MITES; NEW SOUTH WALES; RIVERS;

EID: 16644372101     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000044445.30246.b2     Document Type: Article

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