Biological traits of stream macroinvertebrates from a semi-arid catchment: Patterns along complex environmental gradients

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Díaz, Andrés Mellado ^a   Alonso, Maria Luisa Suárez ^a   Gutiérrez, Maria Rosario Vidal Abarca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological traits; Habitat templet; Macroinvertebrates; Semi arid streams; Southeast Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149004850     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01854.x     Document Type: Article

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