Limnology of Andean piedmont rivers of Venezuela

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-81

  Allan, J D ^a   Flecker, A S ^b   Segnini, S ^c   Taphorn, D C ^d   Sokol, E ^e   Kling, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^d UNELLEZ   (Venezuela)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge; Invertebrates; River; Tropics; Venezuela; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LIMNOLOGY; PIEDMONT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TRANSECT; WATERSHED;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645678688     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[66:LOAPRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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