Resistance and resilience of winter-emerging Chironomidae (Diptera) to a flood event: Implications for Minnesota trout streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 707, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-71

  Anderson, Alyssa M ^a,b   Ferrington Jr , Leonard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Diamesa; Disturbance; Flood; Micropsectra; Orthocladius; Resilience; Resistance; Spate; Trout streams; Winter emergence

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOOD; FLOODING; FLY; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIAMESA; DIPTERA; MICROPSECTRA; ORTHOCLADIUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84875054356     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1406-4     Document Type: Article

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