Disturbance history influences the distribution of stream invertebrates by altering microhabitat parameters: A field experiment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 996-1011

  Effenberger, Michael ^a   Engel, Johanna ^a   Diehl, Sebastian ^a   Matthaei, Christoph D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Experimental disturbance; Flood; Habitat parameters; Patch dynamics; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BAETIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCTRA; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM;

EID: 41849118736     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.01959.x     Document Type: Article

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