Longitudinal zonation of macroinvertebrates in an Ecuadorian glacier-fed stream: do tropical glacial systems fit the temperate model?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1234-1248

  Jacobsen, Dean ^a   Dangles, Olivier ^b,c   Andino, Patricio ^c,d   Espinosa, Rodrigo ^c,d   Hamerlík, Ladislav ^e   Cadier, Eric ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Community composition; Fauna; High Andes; Physical stability; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIAMESA; DIAMESINAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; PODONOMINAE;

EID: 77953945831     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02348.x     Document Type: Article

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