Aquatic community structure across an Andes-to-Amazon fluvial gradient

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1715-1728

  Lujan, Nathan K ^a,d   Roach, Katherine A ^a   Jacobsen, Dean ^b   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a   Vargas, Vanessa Meza ^c   Ching, Vania Rimarachín ^c   Maestre, Jerry Arana ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Fluvial gradient; Global warming; Longitudinal connectivity; Mining; Neotropics; River continuum concept; Sediment; Shredders

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILITHON; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; PERU;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 84881609163     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12131     Document Type: Article

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