Longitudinal and altitudinal changes of macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in neotropical streams: A test of the River Continuum Concept

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-241

  Tomanova, Sylvie ^a   Tedesco, Pablo A ^b   Campero, Melina ^c   Van Damme, Paul A ^c   Moya, Nabor ^c   Oberdorff, Thierry ^d  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Altitude; Amazon sub basin; Bolivia; Distance from source; Organism distribution; Slope; Width

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HEADWATER; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38049117762     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2007/0170-0233     Document Type: Article

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