Environmental factors affecting the distribution of aquatic invertebrates in temporary ponds in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 575, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 211-220

  Studinski, Jered M ^a,b   Grubbs, Scott A ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Gradient; Invertebrate; Richness; Temporary; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PONDING;

GRADIENTS; INVERTEBRATES; RANDOM COLONIZATION; WETLAND;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INVERTEBRATE; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

KENTUCKY; MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845421550     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0368-9     Document Type: Article

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