Littoral benthic macroinvertebrates under contrasting drawdown in a reservoir and a natural lake

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-31

  Furey, P C ^a,b   Nordin, R N ^a   Mazumder, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biomass; Chironomids; Composition; Density; Distribution; Drawdown; Drinking water reservoir; Lake reservoir; Littoral

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; RESERVOIR; TAXONOMY;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINI; DIAMESINAE; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); ORTHOCLADIINAE; TANYPODINAE; TANYTARSINI;

EID: 33645658055     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[19:LBMUCD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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