Local structuring factors of invertebrate communities in ephemeral freshwater rock pools and the influence of more permanent water bodies in the region

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 592, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Jocqué, Merlijn ^a   Graham, Tim ^b   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Ephemeral; Permanence; Primary production; Rock pool

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SANDSTONE; WATER QUALITY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPHEMERAL; FRESHWATER ROCK POOLS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

MARINE BORERS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPHEMERAL POOL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOMETRY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROCK POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548386976     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0766-7     Document Type: Article

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