Effect of drought frequency and other reach characteristics on invertebrate communities and litter breakdown in the intermittent Mediterranean river Pula (Sardinia, Italy)

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-172

  Sangiorgio, Franca ^a   Fonnesu, Alessio ^b   Mancinelli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Benthic macroinvertebrates; Intermittent streams; Litter processing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BENTHOS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASS; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PULA; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250757498     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200510953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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