Spatial biodiversity patterns in a large New Zealand braided river

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 631-642

  Gray, Duncan ^a   Scarsbrook, Mike R ^b   Harding, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benthic habitat; Benthic invertebrates; Biodiversity; Braided river; Springs

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAIDED RIVER; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INVERTEBRATE; RARE SPECIES; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WAIMAKARIRI RIVER;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DELEATIDIUM; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PRORHYNCHUS;

EID: 33846345338     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517451     Document Type: Article

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