Large versus small wood in streams: The effect of wood dimension on macroinvertebrate communities

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-351

  Lester, Rebecca E ^a,b,c   Wright, Wendy ^a   Jones Lennon, Michelle ^b   Rayment, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Community composition; Large woody debris; Rarefaction; Small woody debris

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; SURFACE AREA; VOLUME; WOODY DEBRIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 73349100910     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2009/0174-0339     Document Type: Article

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