Benthic and hyporheic invertebrate community responses to seasonal flow recession in a groundwater-dominated stream

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 500-511

  Stubbington, Rachel ^a   Wood, Paul J ^a   Reid, Ian ^a   Gunn, John ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Flow permanence; Hyporheic refuge hypothesis; Hyporheos; Low flows

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FLOW PERMANENCE; HYPORHEIC REFUGE HYPOTHESIS; HYPORHEOS; LOW FLOWS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

STREAM FLOW;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BASEFLOW; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAMWATER;

GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960524080     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.168     Document Type: Article

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