Spatial and temporal variation in the effects of fish and crayfish on benthic communities during stream drying

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-382

  Ludlam, John P ^a   Magoulick, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Central stonerollers (campostoma anomalum); Electric exclusions; Intermittent streams; Orconectes meeki meeki; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRAYFISH; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FISH; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER LEVEL;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ASTACOIDEA; CAMPOSTOMA; CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES MEEKI MEEKI;

EID: 67650860200     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-149.1     Document Type: Article

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