Relationships between flow variability and macroinvertebrate assemblage composition: Data from four Australian dryland rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-238

  Sheldon, Fran ^a   Thoms, Martin C ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Australia; Biodiversity; Connectivity; Dryland rivers; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644588422     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.907     Document Type: Article

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