Factors influencing macroinvertebrate assemblages in artificial subtropical ponds of Taiwan

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 317-330

  Shieh, Sen Her ^a   Chi, Yao Sheng ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active dispersers; Passive dispersers; Pond size; STATICO

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTORS; BIOTIC FACTORS; CHEMICAL FACTORS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; POND SIZE; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES;

DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAKES;

ANNELID; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POND; SEASONALITY; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOAD;

TAIWAN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BUFO MELANOSTICTUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 77952349289     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0275-y     Document Type: Article

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