Quantifying abrasion of stable substrata in streams: A new disturbance index for epilithic biota

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 559, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 443-453

  Webb, J Angus ^a   Downes, Barbara J ^b   Lake, P S ^a   Glaister, Alena ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Biota; Disturbance; Flood; River; Stream

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FLOODS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

BIOTA; DISTURBANCE;

ABRASION;

ABRASION; DISTURBANCE; EPILITHON; INDEX METHOD; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

ACHERON RIVER; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 32144457930     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0895-9     Document Type: Article

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