Importance of geochemical factors in determining distribution patterns of aquatic invertebrates in mountain streams south of the Atacama Desert, Chile

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 709, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-25

  Alvial, Ingrid E ^a,b   Orth, Karine ^b   Durán, Bárbara C ^a,b   Álvarez, Evelyn ^b   Squeo, Francisco A ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Desert climate; Habitat variables; Huasco basin; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HABITAT TYPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

BAETIDAE; BLEPHARICERIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHYDRIDAE; GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HYDROPTILIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876097242     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1395-3     Document Type: Article

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