Flood effects on invertebrates, sediments and particulate organic matter in the hyporheic zone of a gravel-bed stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 839-853

  Olsen, Dean A ^a,b   Townsend, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Hyporheos; Interstitial; Patchiness; Streams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; ZOOBENTHOS;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KYE BURN; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

ACARI; AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HYDRACARINA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 18044366398     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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