The roles of natural temporal and spatial variation versus biotic influences in shaping the physicochemical environment of intermittent ponds: A case study

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 537-556

  Magnusson, A Katarina ^a   Williams, D Dudley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Colonisation; Community structure; Hydroperiod; Top down

Indexed keywords

POND; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33744906098     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0165-0537     Document Type: Article

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