Can forest fragments reset physical and water quality conditions in agricultural catchments and act as refugia for forest stream invertebrates?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 391-402

  Harding, Jon S ^a   Claassen, Koen ^b   Evers, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Underground Space Use   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity; Forest fragmentation; Refugia; Reserves; Species richness; Streams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

DIVERSITY; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; REFUGIA; RESERVES; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; FOREST; INVERTEBRATE; REFUGIUM; RIFFLE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AUSTROCLIMA; BLEPHARICERIDAE; COLOBURISCUS HUMERALIS; EPHEMEROPTERA; HYDROBIOSIS PARUMBRIPENNIS; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; PYCNOCENTRODES; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33746850128     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0206-0     Document Type: Article

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