Mediterranean-climate streams and rivers: Geographically separated but ecologically comparable freshwater systems

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 719, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-29

  Bonada, Núria ^a   Resh, Vincent H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance; Droughts; Floods; Mediterranean regions; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; CHILE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882363959     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1634-2     Document Type: Review

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