Do seasonal changes in habitat features influence aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in perennial versus temporary Mediterranean streams?

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 567-579

  García Roger, Eduardo M ^a   del Sánchez Montoya, M Mar ^b   Gómez, Rosa ^b   Suárez, M Luisa ^b   Vidal Abarca, M Rosario ^b   Latron, Jérôme ^c   Rieradevall, Maria ^a   Prat, Narcís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Habitat features; Mediterranean climate; Temporary streams; Undisturbed conditions

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROGRAPH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINERAL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RIFFLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054697574     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-011-0218-3     Document Type: Article

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