Spatial variability in the hyporheic zone refugium of temporary streams

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-511

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

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Gammarus; Habitat contraction; Hyporheic refuge hypothesis; Hyporheos; Low flows

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; DOMINANCE; DOWNWELLING; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INVERTEBRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGIUM; RESEARCH WORK; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCELIS;

EID: 80054701510     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-011-0203-x     Document Type: Article

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