Effects of water-depth and water-level fluctuations on the macroinvertebrate community structure in the littoral zone of Lake Constance

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 613, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-107

  Baumgärtner, Daniel ^a   Mörtl, Martin ^b   Rothhaupt, Karl Otto ^b  

^a Regional Council   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthos; Dreissena polymorpha; Ordination; Vertical gradient

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER LEVELS;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BENTHOS; CENTRAL EUROPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONSERVATION MEASURES; DEPTH GRADIENTS; DEPTH ZONES; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; FIELD STUDIES; HARD SUBSTRATES; LAKE CONSTANCE; LITTORAL ZONES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; ORDINATION; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOURCES OF VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL GRADIENT; WATER DEPTHS; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS;

LAKES;

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAKE LEVEL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 49549101837     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9475-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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