Modelling the hydraulic preferences of benthic macroinvertebrates in small European streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-164

  Dolédec, Sylvain ^a   Lamouroux, Nicolas ^b   Fuchs, Ulrike ^c   Mérigoux, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Arbeitsgemeinschaft Landschaftsökologie ALAND Boeckhstr   (Germany)

Author keywords

Near bed flow conditions; Non linear modelling; Preference curves; Shear stress; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NICHE BREADTH; STREAM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845572436     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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