Influence of hydraulic conditions over dunes on the distribution of the benthic macroinvertebrates in a large sand bed river

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Amsler, Mario L ^a   Blettler, Martín C M ^a   Ezcurra De Drago, Inés ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHANNELS; ARGENTINA; BED FORMS; BED PARTICLES; BED SHEAR STRESSS; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; CHANNEL BED; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; MICROHABITATS; MINIMUM DENSITY; MORPHODYNAMICS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; SAND-BED RIVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLUID DYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

HYDRAULICS;

BEDFORM; BIOTOPE; DUNE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROHABITAT; MORPHODYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

PARANA RIVER;

EID: 72149122628     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007537     Document Type: Article

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