Flow intermittency alters longitudinal patterns of invertebrate diversity and assemblage composition in an arid-land stream network

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1016-1028

  Bogan, Michael T ^a   Boersma, Kate S ^a   Lytle, David A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Diversity; Flow regime; Headwater streams; Intermittent

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 84876345323     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12105     Document Type: Article

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