Influences of a point source on the microhabitat distribution of stream benthic macroinvertebrates

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-491

  Ortiz, Jesús D ^a,b   Martí, Eugènia ^a   Puig, M Angels ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b CERM (Ctr for the Stud of Mediterranean Rivers Found of the Industrial Museum of the Ter River)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat architecture; Macroinvertebrates; Microhabitat distribution; Ordination analysis; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROHABITAT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TORDERA RIVER;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33744918096     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0165-0469     Document Type: Article

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