Among-habitat and temporal variability of selected macroinvertebrate based metrics in a Mediterranean shallow lake (NW Spain)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 563, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 371-384

  Trigal, Cristina ^a   García Criado, Francisco ^a   Fernández Aláez, Camino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Among habitat variability; Macroinvertebrates; Mediterranean shallow lake; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKES; METRIC SYSTEM;

AMONG-HABITAT VARIABILITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SHALLOW LAKE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; DIVERSITY INDEX; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

INSECTA;

EID: 33646788743     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0031-5     Document Type: Article

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