Measuring the ecological impact of long-term flow disturbance on the macroinvertebrate community in a large Mediterranean climate river

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-480

  Marchetti, Michael P ^a   Esteban, Elaine ^a   Smith, Adam N H ^b   Pickard, Daniel ^c   Richards, A Brady ^c   Slusark, Joe ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual flow variation; Diversity; Flow disturbance; Macroinvertebrate; Natural flow regime; Non metric multidimensional scaling

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; BENTHOS; DISTURBANCE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGULATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RIVER FLOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOLERANCE;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; FEATHER RIVER; OROVILLE DAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83155182090     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2011.577974     Document Type: Article

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