Structural and functional changes of tropical riffle macroinvertebrate communities associated with stream flow withdrawal

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1045-1055

  McIntosh, Mollie D ^a   Schmitz, Jennifer A ^a   Benbow, M Eric ^a   Burky, Albert J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic biomass; Cironomidae; Density; Diversions; Hawaii; Reduced flow; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLY; GROWTH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; STREAMFLOW;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ATYOIDA BISULCATA; BUENOA; CANACIDAE; CHEUMATOPSYCHE ANALIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPTERA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; HYDROPTILA POTOSINA; HYDROPTILIDAE; LAUXANIIDAE; PROCANACE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 58349092831     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1104     Document Type: Article

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