Influence of environmental variables on macroinvertebrates in a macrophyte-dominated chinese lake, with emphasis on the relationships between macrophyte heterogeneity and macroinvertebrate patterns

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-512

  Xie, Zhicai ^a   Tang, Tao ^a   Ma, Kai ^a   Liu, Ruiqiu ^a   Qu, Xiaodong ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Cai, Qinghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; BAOAN LAKE; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WORLD;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 25144482278     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2005.9664765     Document Type: Article

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