Lateral and longitudinal patterns within the stygoscape of an alluvial river corridor

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-347

  Datry, Thibault ^a   Scarsbrook, Mike ^b   Larned, Scott ^b   Fenwick, Graham ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

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

Author keywords

Hyporheic zone; Invertebrate assemblage; Parafluvial zone; Stream; Taxon richness

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOODPLAIN; HYDROBIOLOGY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SELWYN RIVER; SOUTH ISLAND;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 49049087908     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0171-0335     Document Type: Article

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