Effect of riverbed morphology, stream order and season on the structural and functional attributes of caddisfly assemblages (Insecta: Trichoptera)

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-200

  Schmera, D ^a   Eros, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure and function; Channel unit; Pool; Riffle; Stream; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

CADDISFLY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE; RIVER BED; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BORZSONY MOUNTAINS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

INSECTA; RIPARIA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 4944229619     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2004017     Document Type: Article

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