Influence of macrophyte spatial architecture on periphyton and macroinvertebrate community structure in shallow water bodies under contrasting land management

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-37

  Hinojosa Garro, Demián ^a,b   Mason, Christopher F ^a   Underwood, Graham J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Drainage ditches; Eutrophication; Land management; Macroinvertebrate colonisation; Macrophyte architecture; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GASTROPOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; PERIPHYTON; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANABAENA SPIROIDES; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; GASTROPODA; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA BIRGEI; ODONATA; OEDOGONIUM; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PRINCEPS;

EID: 79958081097     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2010/0177-0019     Document Type: Article

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