Macroinvertebrate communities and habitat structure in least-impacted hill streams of central Portugal

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-325

  Monaghan, Kieran A ^a   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STREAMWATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MONDEGO RIVER; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VOUGA RIVER;

EID: 44949215751     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2008.9664204     Document Type: Article

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