Role of habitat in determining macroinvertebrate production in an intermittent-stream system

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-251

  Chadwick, Michael A ^a,b   Huryn, Alexander D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic organic matter; Longitudinal gradient; Secondary production; Stream drying

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; DRY SEASON; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM CHANNEL;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846247463     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01679.x     Document Type: Article

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