Effects of hot ground water on a small swamp-stream in Nova Scotia, Canada

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 545, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-144

  Taylor, Barry R ^a   Dykstra, Andrea N ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Litter decomposition; Temperature; Wetland vegetation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HOT SPRINGS; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COLD GROUND WATER; HOT GROUND WATER; SWAMP STREAM; WARM SITES;

GROUNDWATER;

SPRING WATER; STREAM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; ALNUS INCANA; ANNELIDA; BETULACEAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPHYTA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OSCILLATORIA; OSTRACODA; VAUCHERIA;

EID: 21644482869     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-2745-1     Document Type: Article

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