Responses of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to altitude and geology in tributaries of the Sepik River (Papua New Guinea): The influence of taxonomic resolution on the detection of environmental gradients

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1794-1812

  Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Altitude; Biogeography; Biomonitoring; Community composition; Heteroptera

Indexed keywords

ACENTROPINAE; CHIRONOMINAE; COLEOPTERA; CRAMBIDAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NAUCORIDAE; ORTHOCLADIINAE; SIMULIIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84864116972     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02839.x     Document Type: Article

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