Diversity of patterns and processes in rivers of eastern Andalusia

Limnetica

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 155-170

  Casas, J Jesús ^a   Gessner, Mark O ^b   Langton, Peter H ^c   Calle, Demetrio ^d   Descals, Enrique ^e   Salinas, María J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria Los Manantiales   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Chironomids; Eastern Andalusia; Environmental gradients; Human impacts; Leaf litter decomposition; Macroinvertebrates; Riparian vegetation; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HETEROGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33747052304     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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