Lateral organization of aquatic invertebrates along the corridor of a braided floodplain river

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 934-954

  Arscott, Dave B ^a,b   Tockner, Klement ^a,c   Ward, James V ^a,d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Braided; Community ecology; Conservation; Density; Distribution; Diversity; Hierarchy; Macroinvertebrates; Meandering; Stream

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 28844439729     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/05-037.1     Document Type: Article

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