Effects of a depositional flood event on the hyporheos of a New Zealand stream

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-348

  Olsen, Dean A ^a,b   Matthaei, Christoph D ^a   Townsend, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Interstitial physicochemistry; Invertebrate distribution; Recolonisation patterns; Sediment characteristics

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLY; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MAYFLY; MITE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECOLONIZATION; RETURN PERIOD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACARI; CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HYDRACARINA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE; PODONOMINAE;

EID: 77957771118     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2010/0176-0337     Document Type: Article

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