Size structure of a macroinvertebrate community in a river of semiarid characteristics during low tide (Chicamo River, SE Spain);Estructura de tamaño de la comunidad de macroinvertebrados acuáticos en un río de características semiáridas durante el estiaje (río Chícamo, S.E. España

Limnetica

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 37-56

  Guerrero, Cristina ^a   Vidal Abarca, Ma Rosario ^a   Suárez, Ma Luisa ^a   Gómez, Rosa ^a   Ortega, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Biomass; Density; Drought; Semiarid stream; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SIZE STRUCTURE;

CHICAMO RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA;

EID: 21244437925     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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