Physical pollution: Effects of gully erosion on benthic invertebrates in a tropical clear-water stream

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 733-749

  Wantzen, Karl M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Artificial substrates; Brazil; Cerrado; Impact; Siltation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CERRADO; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GULLY EROSION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RAINFALL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAMWATER; TROPICAL REGION; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751342062     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.813     Document Type: Article

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