Invertebrate community structure in streams of the Manawatu-Wanganui region, New Zealand: The roles of catchment versus reach scale influences

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 982-997

  Death, Russell G ^a   Joy, Michael K ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Geology; Geomorphology; Habitat; Invertebrate community structure; Vegetation; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GIS; INVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PLECOPTERA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 3543027476     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01243.x     Document Type: Article

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