Seasonal dynamics of benthic detritus and associated macroinvertebrate communities in a neotropical stream

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-333

  Mathuriau, Catherine ^a,b   Thomas, Alain G B ^c   Chauvet, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Benthos; Colombia; Discharge; Functional feeding groups; Organic matter; Rainfall; Temporal variation; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITUS; DISCHARGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HILL; INSECT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 49049090957     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0171-0323     Document Type: Article

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