Effect of floods of different magnitude on the macroinvertebrate communities of Matarranya stream (Ebro river basin, NE Spain)

Limnetica

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 283-294

  Argerich, Alba ^a   Puig, M A ^a   Pupilli, E ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Floods; Macroinvertebrates; Mediterranean streams; Perturbation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERTURBATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 21144450705     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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