Macroinvertebrate communities of non-glacial high altitude intermittent streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-76

  Chaves, M L ^a   Rieradevall, M ^b   Chainho, P ^a   Costa, J L ^a   Costa, M J ^a   Prat, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dry period; Headwater streams; Natural variability; Taxonomic levels; Undisturbed systems

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; KRENOSMITTIA; NEMOURA; ODONATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 37149038504     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01867.x     Document Type: Article

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