The relationship between epilithic biofilm stability and its associated meiofauna under two patterns of flood disturbance

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-50

  Majdi, Nabil ^a   Mialet, Benoît ^a   Boyer, Stéphanie ^a   Tackx, Michèle ^a   Leflaive, Joséphine ^a   Boulêtreau, Stéphanie ^a   Ten Hage, Loïc ^a   Julien, Frédéric ^a   Fernandez, Robert ^a   Buffan Dubau, Evelyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Flow velocity; Habitat stability; Meiobenthos; Nematodes; Periphyton; Recolonization; Resilience; Rotifers

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EPILITHON; FLOODING; FLOW VELOCITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INVERTEBRATE; MEIOFAUNA; PERIPHYTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECOLONIZATION;

GARONNE RIVER;

NEMATODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 82455204186     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-073.1     Document Type: Article

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