Combined influence of river discharge and wind on littoral nematode communities of a river mouth area of Lake Constance

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-242

  Witthoft Muhlmann A ^a,c   Traunspurger, W ^b   Rothhaupt, K O ^c  

^a Institute for Lake Research   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Feeding types; Habitat stress; Spatial pattern; Temporal pattern

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATER LEVEL; WATER STRESS; WIND FORCING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE CONSTANCE;

EID: 34447647074     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-006-9076-9     Document Type: Article

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