Conservation value of waterfalls as habitat for lotic insects of western Victoria, Australia

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 171-178

  Rackemann, Sarah L ^a   Robson, Belinda J ^b   Matthews, Ty G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Biodiversity; Climate change; Drought; Hydroecology; Invertebrates; Rare species; Stream

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INSECT; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MOSS; RARE SPECIES; RIFFLE; SAMPLING; SPECIALIST; STREAMFLOW; WATERFALL;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

BRYOPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84872784480     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2304     Document Type: Article

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