Habitat-specific stability and persistence of benthic invertebrate communities in boreal lakes

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-322

  Stendera, Sonja ^a   Johnson, Richard K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community complexity; Disturbance; Habitat stratification; NAO; Recovery

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAKE; MONITORING; PERSISTENCE; STRATIFICATION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 49049093012     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2008/0171-0311     Document Type: Article

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