Dams in the last large free-flowing rivers of Patagonia, the Santa Cruz River, environmental features, and macroinvertebrate community

Limnologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 500-509

  Tagliaferro, Marina ^a   Miserendino, María Laura ^b   Liberoff, Ana ^a   Quiroga, Analia ^a   Pascual, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b FCN Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Sede Esquel ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Glacier rivers; Habitat; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HEADWATER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HYDROGRAPH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA]; SANTA CRUZ RIVER [SANTA CRUZ];

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84880699596     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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