River discharge and local-scale physical habitat influence macroinvertebrate LIFE scores

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 226-242

  Dunbar, Michael J ^a   Pedersen, Morten Lauge ^b   Cadman, Dan ^c,d   Extence, Chris ^c   Waddingham, John ^c   Chadd, Richard ^c   Larsen, Søren E ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Habitat modification; Macroinvertebrate; Multilevel model; River flow

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; ELMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 72849114781     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02306.x     Document Type: Article

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