Benthic assemblage variation among channel units in high-gradient streams on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 478-494

  Halwas, Karen L ^a,b   Church, Michael ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic habitats; Benthic macroinvertebrates; First order channels; Flow regime; Headwater channels; Substrate; Water velocity

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; STREAM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BAETIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPERLIDAE; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; HEPTAGENIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOSTOMATIDAE; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; NEMOURIDAE; SIMULIIDAE; TRICLADIDA;

EID: 25144517779     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/02-075.1     Document Type: Article

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