Response of community structure to sustained drought in Mediterranean rivers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 135-146

  Boix, Dani ^a   García Berthou, Emili ^a   Gascón, Stéphanie ^a   Benejam, Lluís ^a   Tornés, Elisabet ^a   Sala, Jordi ^a   Benito, Josep ^a   Munné, Antoni ^b   Solà, Carolina ^b   Sabater, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b Catalan Water Agency   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Fish; Hydrology; Macroinvertebrates; Regulated rivers; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

DIATOMS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; REGULATED RIVER; REGULATED RIVERS; WATER SCARCITY;

ABSTRACTING; DROUGHT; MEATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; WATER;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIATOM; DROUGHT; FLOOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; RESERVOIR;

SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 76749099198     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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