Environmental factors, spatial variation, and specific requirements of chironomidae in mediterranean reference streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 247-265

  Puntí, Tura ^a   Rieradevall, Maria ^a   Prat, Narcís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoecology; Chironomidae assemblages; Environmental gradient; Optima and tolerances; Partitioning variance; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; HEADWATER; PH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIAMESA; EUKIEFFERIELLA;

EID: 61449132382     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-172.1     Document Type: Article

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