Larval chironomid community organization in four tropical rivers: Human impacts and longitudinal zonation

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 559, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 413-431

  Helson, Julie E ^a   Williams, D Dudley ^a   Turner, Dorothea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Community organization; Human impacts; River zonation; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; RUNOFF; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; HUMAN IMPACT; RIVER ZONATION; TROPICAL RIVERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAND USE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; RIVER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; CORYNONEURA; DIPTERA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; PARATRICHOCLADIUS; POLYPEDILUM; RHEOTANYTARSUS; SAETHERIA; THIENEMANNIELLA; THIENEMANNIMYIA;

EID: 32144454744     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0977-8     Document Type: Article

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