Aquatic macroinvertebrate communities on wood in an Australian lowland river: Experimental assessment of the interactions of habitat, substrate complexity and retained organic matter

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-165

  Scealy, J A ^a   Mika, S J ^a   Boulton, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat complexity; Invertebrate ecology; Patchiness; River management

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPLEXITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PATCHINESS; REINTRODUCTION; RIFFLE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; WOODY DEBRIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNTER RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847226662     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06105     Document Type: Article

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