The impact of water-level regulation on littoral macroinvertebrate assemblages in boreal lakes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 613, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-56

  Aroviita, Jukka ^a   Hämäläinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal lakes; Littoral; Macroinvertebrates; Species richness; Taxonomic composition; Water level regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES; LIFE CYCLE; SEDIMENTATION; WATER LEVELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BOREAL LAKES; FINLAND; LAKE WATER LEVEL; LITTORAL; LITTORAL HABITATS; LONG LIFE; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; NON-METRIC MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; POWER PRODUCTION; SOFT-BOTTOM; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; WATER-LEVEL REGULATION;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; LAKE LEVEL; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 49549083745     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9471-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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