Variation in wetland invertebrate communities in lowland acidic fens and swamps

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 727-744

  Suren, Alastair M ^a   Lambert, Paul ^a   Image, Katie ^a   Sorrell, Brian K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Invertebrates; Macrophytes; Multivariate regression trees; Variability; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; TANYPODINAE; TANYTARSUS; TRICHOPTERA; XANTHOCNEMIS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 40549115021     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01931.x     Document Type: Article

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