Effect of flow variability modification and hydraulics on invertebrate communities in the Great Fish River (Eastern Cape Province, South Africa), with particular reference to critical hydraulic thresholds limiting larval densities of simulium chutteri lewis (Diptera, Simuliidae)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-222

  Rivers Moore, N A ^a,d   De Moor, F C ^a   Morris, C ^b   O'Keeffe, J ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community composition; Flow regulation; Hydraulic thresholds; Interbasin transfer; Simulium chutteri

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGULATION; HYDRAULICS; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; RIVER FLOW;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; GREAT FISH RIVER RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM CHUTTERI;

EID: 33847727329     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.976     Document Type: Article

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