Modelling the response of floodplain aquatic assemblages across the lateral hydrological connectivity gradient

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 924-935

  Gallardo, B ^a   Gascon S ^b   Gonzalez Sanchis M ^a   Cabezas, A ^a   Comin F A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flood duration; Generalised additive model; Macroinvertebrates; Phytoplankton; Rarefied richness; Redundancy analysis; Zooplankton.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURROGATE METHOD; ZOOPLANKTON;

EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70349492096     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08277     Document Type: Article

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