Assessment of the effect of hydrological variations on macrobenthic communities in pools and riffles of a Mediterranean stream

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 125-137

  Gallo, Luana ^a   De Filippis, Andrea ^a   Mezzotero, Antonietta ^a   Voelz, Neal J ^b   Lucadamo, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; EBI; Flow changes; Macroinvertebrates; Pools; Riffles

Indexed keywords

AFTER-FLOW; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTIC INDEX; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DESCRIPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FLOW CHANGES; LOW WATER; MACROBENTHIC COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN STREAMS; POOL HABITATS; STRATIFIED SAMPLING; SUBSTRATE PARAMETERS; TAXONOMIC RICHNESS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLOW FIELD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERTURBATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; TRIBUTARY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGY; MACROBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES HABITAT; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARENTE RIVER; CALABRIA; COSENZA; ITALY;

EID: 77954143719     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0989-3     Document Type: Article

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