Effects of floods versus low flows on invertebrates in a New Zealand gravel-bed river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2207-2227

  Suren, Alastair M ^a   Jowett, Ian G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Floods; Low flows; Pulse and ramp disturbance; Riffles and runs; Seasonal variation; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOOD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAVEL BED STREAM; INVERTEBRATE; LOW FLOW; PERIPHYTON; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WAIPARA RIVER;

ANIMALIA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33750831609     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01646.x     Document Type: Article

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