Shaking and moving: Low rates of sediment transport trigger mass drift of stream invertebrates

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Gibbins, Chris ^a   Vericat, Damià ^b   Batalla, Ramon J ^c   Gomez, Carlos M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247232711     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-181     Document Type: Article

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