Aquatic macroinvertebrate response along a gradient of lateral connectivity in river floodplain channels

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 779-796

  Paillex, Amael ^a   Castella, Emmanuel ^a   Carron, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Floodplain ecology; Functional metrics; Lateral connectivity; Macroinvertebrates; Rh ne River; Richness; Taxonomic composition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FLOODPLAIN; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; VOLTINISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE RIVER;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 35948949173     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/06-12.1     Document Type: Article

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