Impacts of climatic stability on the structural and functional aspects of macroinvertebrate communities after severe drought

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2465-2483

  Griswold, Marcus W ^a   Berzinis, Rebecca W ^b   Crisman, Thomas L ^c   Golladay, Stephen W ^d  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b PBS and J   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Drought; Headwater streams; Macroinvertebrates; Traits

Indexed keywords

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EID: 55349107863     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02067.x     Document Type: Article

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