Habitat heterogeneity and disturbance influence patterns of community temporal variability in a small temperate stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-106

  Brown, Bryan L ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Community temporal variability; Disturbance; Drought; Flood; Habitat heterogeneity; Temperate streams

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODS; SUBSTRATES;

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; COMMUNITY TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; TEMPERATE STREAMS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; HABITAT; HETEROGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PREDATION; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249059365     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0531-3     Document Type: Article

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