Grain size and sorting effects on size-dependent responses by lotic crayfish to high flows

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-66

  Clark, Jennifer M ^a   Kershner, Mark W ^a   Holomuzki, Joseph R ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crawling activity; Dislodgment velocity; Habitat distributions; Incrementally increased flows; Orconectes obscurus; Postural changes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEALTH; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OCEAN HABITATS; SEDIMENTATION; SPEED; VELOCITY;

BODY SIZES; BUSINESS MEDIA; CURRENT VELOCITY; GRAIN PROPERTIES; GRAIN SIZES; HABITAT TYPES; HYDRAULIC STRESSES; LABORATORY FLUME; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZES; SPRINGER (CO);

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CRAYFISH; CURRENT VELOCITY; GRAIN SIZE; HABITAT TYPE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SORTING;

ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES OBSCURUS;

EID: 46749153338     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9422-0     Document Type: Article

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