Change in biological traits and community structure of macroinvertebrates through primary succession in a man-made Swedish wetland

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-37

  Ruhí, Albert ^a   Herrmann, Jan ^b   Gascón, Stéphanie ^a   Sala, Jordi ^a   Geijer, Joja ^b   Boix, Dani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquatic Coleoptera; Colonization; Invertebrates; Man made; Succession; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BEETLE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANMADE STRUCTURE; PIONEER SPECIES; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; WETLAND;

KALMAR [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860595525     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-018.1     Document Type: Article

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