Invertebrate community responses to experimentally reduced discharge in small streams of different water quality

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 754-766

  Dewson, Zoë S ^a   James, Alexander B W ^a   Death, Russell G ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flow reduction; New Zealand; Permanent streams; Water abstraction

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISCHARGE; FLOW VELOCITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 35948977813     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-003R.1     Document Type: Article

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