Low river flow alters the biomass and population structure of a riparian predatory invertebrate

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2062-2076

  Greenwood, Michelle J ^a,b   Mcintosh, Angus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Distribution; Dolomedes aquaticus; Drought; Size structure; Spider

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DOLOMEDES; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 77956237889     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02462.x     Document Type: Article

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