Do invertebrate communities in floodplains change predictably along a river's length?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-239

  Reese, Elizabeth G ^a,b   Batzer, Darold P ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Flood pulse concept; Georgia; Longitudinal gradient; Wetland macroinvertebrates; Whole catchment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; INVERTEBRATE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; WETLAND;

ALTAMAHA RIVER; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANNELIDA; ASELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; DYTISCIDAE; EARTHWORMS (SP.); ELATERIDAE; ELMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HARPACTICOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); ORIBATIDA;

EID: 33846251461     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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