Benthic meiofauna assemblage structure of headwater streams: Density and distribution of taxa relative to substrate size

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-414

  Radwell, Andrea J ^a   Brown, Arthur V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Lotic freshwater meiofauna; Permanent meiofauna; Sediment; Stream assessment; Temporary meiofauna

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEADWATER; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAND; SILT; STREAM; SUBSTRATE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA; TARDIGRADA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 49349111177     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9108-0     Document Type: Article

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