The effects of water-level manipulation on the benthic invertebrates of a managed reservoir

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1086-1101

  McEwen, Daniel C ^a   Butler, Malcolm G ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BACI; Macroinvertebrates; Reservoir; Voyageurs National Park; Water level management

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953115977     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02382.x     Document Type: Article

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