Dams and flow in the Cotter River, Australia: Effects on instream trophic structure and benthic metabolism

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 572, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 275-286

  Chester, Heath ^a   Norris, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Environmental flows; Macroinvertebrates; Metabolism; Periphyton; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; METABOLISM; NUTRITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; PERIPHYTON; STABLE ISOTOPES;

RIVERS;

BENTHOS; DAM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PERIPHYTON; RIVER FLOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; COTTER RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; ELMIDAE; GLOSSOSOMATIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; ORTHOCLADIINAE;

EID: 33749358263     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0219-8     Document Type: Article

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