Hydraulic requirements of stream communities: A case study on invertebrates

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 600-613

  Merigoux S ^a   Doledec S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Near bed flow conditions; Shear stress; Species richness; Species traits; Substratum

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; FROUDE NUMBER; HYDROLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; SHEAR STRESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342564959     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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