Mesohabitat heterogeneity in four mediterranean streams of the Jucar river basin (Eastern Spain)

Limnetica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 363-378

  Alcaraz Hernández, Juan Diego ^a   Martínez Capel, Francisco ^a   Peredo Parada, Matías ^b   Hernández Mascarell, Aina B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b Plataforma de Investigación en Ecohidrología   (Chile)

^c TECNOMA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat classification; Hydromorphological units; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean streams; Mesohabitat; Similarity

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; VELOCITY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; JUCAR BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84866356154     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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