Assessing effects of flow alteration on macroinvertebrate assemblages in Australian dryland rivers

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1780-1800

  Chessman, Bruce C ^a,b   Jones, Hugh A ^a   Searle, Nirvana K ^b   Growns, Ivor O ^c   Pearson, Marita R ^d  

^a New South Wales Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^b Ecowise Environmental   (Australia)

^c NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^d Western Catchment Management Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid; Macroinvertebrate; River; Taxonomic resolution; Water use

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954466347     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02403.x     Document Type: Article

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