Effects of spatial and temporal variation in hydraulic conditions on metabolism in cobble biofilm communities in an Australian upland stream

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 756-767

  Reid, Michael A ^a   Thoms, Martin C ^a   Dyer, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cotter River; Hydraulic variability; Mesoscale variability; Primary productivity; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOFILM; CATCHMENT; FIRE; HYDRAULICS; METABOLISM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPLAND REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; COTTER RIVER;

EID: 33845302968     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)025[0756:EOSATV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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