Patch history, invertebrate patch dynamics and heterogeneous community composition: Perspectives from a manipulative stream experiment

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-314

  Olsen, D A ^a,b   Matthaei, C D ^a   Townsend, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disturbance history; Macroinvertebrate; Patch dynamics; Patch history; Stream

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM STRESS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HETEROGENEITY; HISTORY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PATCH DYNAMICS; PATCHINESS; RECOLONIZATION; STREAM;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247392784     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06202     Document Type: Article

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