Longitudinal macroinvertebrate organization over contrasting discontinuities: Effects of a dam and a tributary

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-351

  Katano, Izumi ^a   Negishi, Junjiro N ^a   Minagawa, Tomoko ^a   Doi, Hidevuki ^b   Kawaeuchi, Yoichi ^c   Kavaba, Yuichi ^a  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Confluence; Impoundments; Regulated rivers; Riverbed environment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONFLUENCE; DAM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT SELECTION; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER BED; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 67650911857     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-010.1     Document Type: Article

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