Benthic invertebrate communities in regulated Mediterranean streams and least-impacted tributaries

Limnologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-42

  Almeida, David ^a   Merino Aguirre, Raquel ^a   Angeler, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrate structure; Flow regulation; Fluctuating asymmetry; Functional feeding group; Mediterranean streams; Microhabitat influence

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW REGULATION; INVERTEBRATE; MICROHABITAT; TRIBUTARY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870427072     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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