The role of salinity in the selection of biological traits of freshwater invertebrates

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-198

  Piscart, Christophe ^a   Usseglio Polatera, Philippe ^b   Moreteau, Jean Claude ^b   Beisel, Jean Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biological traits; Freshwater; Salinization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OVIPARITY; SALINITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LORRAINE; MEURTHE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745995146     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0185     Document Type: Article

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