Complex hydromorphology of meanders can support benthic invertebrate diversity in rivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 685, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-68

  Garcia, X F ^a   Schnauder, I ^a   Pusch, M T ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem resilience; Flow dynamics; Flow refugia; Habitat heterogeneity; River bends; River restoration

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BATHYMETRY; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOACCUMULATION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHYTE; MEANDER; MICROHABITAT; MOBILIZATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; REFUGIUM; RIVER; RIVER FLOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VELOCITY;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857658272     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0905-z     Document Type: Review

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