Macroinvertebrate community dynamics in a temperate European Atlantic river. Do they conform to general ecological theory?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 658, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 277-291

  Álvarez Cabria, Mario ^a   Barquín, José ^a   Juanes, José Antonio ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ANOSIM; Dynamic Equilibrium Hypothesis; Habitat Template Model; Hydrological predictability; Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis; Spatiotemporal patterns; Taxonomic richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STRESS;

PAS BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 79959775376     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0498-y     Document Type: Article

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