Effects of stream hydraulics and other environmental variables on density of Narapa bonettoi (Oligochaeta) in the Paraná River system

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1124-1140

  Blettler, Martín ^a   Amsler, Mario ^a   De Drago, Inés Ezcurra ^a   Marchese, Mercedes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hydraulic variables; Hydrodynamic bed condition; Large rivers; Macroinvertebrates; Narapa bonettoi

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; STREAM;

PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANNELIDA; NARAPA BONETTOI; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 58349114339     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1115     Document Type: Article

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