Impact of chronic and pulse dilution disturbances on metabolism and trophic structure in a saline Mediterranean stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 686, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-239

  Gutiérrez Cánovas, Cayetano ^a   Hernández, Juan ^a   Millán, Andrés ^a   Velasco, Josefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autotrophic ecosystems; Basin management; Food webs; Functional feeding groups; Global change; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOTROPHY; BASIN MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; DILUTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER INPUT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; RESPIRATION; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

MURCIA [SPAIN]; RAMBLA SALADA; SPAIN;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84858614398     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1004-5     Document Type: Article

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