The response of hyporheic invertebrate communities to a large flood in the Hunter River, New South Wales

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 255-262

  Hancock, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ecotone; Flood; Groundwater surface water interactions; Hyporheic zone; Stygobites

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; RIVERS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

DISTURBANCE; ECOTONE; GROUNDWATER SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; HYPORHEIC ZONES; STYGOBITES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION; DISTURBANCE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INVERTEBRATE; RECOVERY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HUNTER RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANNELIDA; CYCLOPOIDA; HARPACTICOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PARASTENOCARIS;

EID: 33746816076     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0110-7     Document Type: Article

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