Invertebrate hydraulic preferences and predicted impacts of changes in discharge in a large river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1343-1356

  MÉrigoux, Sylvie ^a,b   Lamouroux, Nicolas ^c   Olivier, Jean Michel ^a,b   DolÉdec, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Near bed flow conditions; Nonlinear modelling; Preference curves; Shear stress; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

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EID: 65549169091     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02160.x     Document Type: Article

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