Spatial responses of hyporheic invertebrates to seasonal changes in environmental parameters

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1468-1486

  Storey, Richard G ^a,b   Williams, D Dudley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hyporheic; Invertebrates; Lotic; Meiofauna; Streams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MEIOFAUNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 7044235837     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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