Effects of sand sedimentation on the macroinvertebrate fauna of lowland streams: Are the effects consistent?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-160

  Downes, Barbara J ^a   Lake, P S ^b   Glaister, Alena ^b   Bond, Nicholas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lowland streams; Macroinvertebrates; Sand slugs; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; OSTRACODA; SLAVINA; TUBIFICIDAE; UNELA REMANEI;

EID: 33645037983     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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