Relation between macroinvertebrate life strategies and habitat traits in Mediterranean salt marsh ponds (Empordà wetlands, NE Iberian Peninsula)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 597, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-83

  Gascón, Stéphanie ^a   Boix, Dani ^a   Sala, Jordi ^a   Quintana, Xavier D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional group; Generalized Additive Model; Habitat type; Hydroperiod; Temporal variability; Water permanence

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROLOGY; PONDING;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; WATER FLUCTUATIONS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ADAPTATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROPERIOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REPRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER LEVEL;

CATALONIA; EMPORDA WETLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 37549044615     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9215-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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