Physical and chemical differences in karst springs of Cantabria, northern Spain: Do invertebrate communities correspond?

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 445-455

  Barquín, José ^a   Death, Russell G ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bythinella; Crenobiontic species; Echinogammarus; Karst resurgences; Rheocrene springs

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONDUCTIVITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; INVERTEBRATE; KARST HYDROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PREDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPRING WATER; TAXONOMY;

CANTABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BYTHINELLA; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECHINOGAMMARUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; THEODOXUS FLUVIATILIS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 67349158594     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-008-9170-2     Document Type: Article

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