Effect of streambed sediment on benthic ecology

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-338

  DUAN, Xuehua ^a   WANG, Zhaoyin ^b   XU, Mengzhen ^b   ZHANG, Kang ^b  

^a Jiangyin Environmental Monitoring Station   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benthic ecology; Biodiversity; Macroinvertebrates; Streambed sediment; Substrate suitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950649329     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(10)60007-8     Document Type: Article

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