Distribution differences and active habitat choices of invertebrates between macrophytes of different morphological complexity

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Hansen, Joakim P ^a   Wikström, Sofia A ^a,b   Axemar, Hanna ^a   Kautsky, Lena ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AquaBiota Water Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Habitat selection; Macrofauna; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; FAUNISTICS; GASTROPOD; HABITAT SELECTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHARA; CHARA BALTICA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS OCEANICUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; THEODOXUS FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 79651472639     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-010-9319-7     Document Type: Article

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