Cascading effects of flow reduction on the benthic invertebrate community in a lowland river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 717, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-159

  Graeber, Daniel ^a,b   Pusch, Martin T ^a   Lorenz, Stefan ^a   Brauns, Mario ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discharge; Dissolved oxygen; Flow preferences; Functional feeding groups; Low flow; Spree River

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOW; INVERTEBRATE; LOW FLOW; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; RETENTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SELF PURIFICATION; TURNOVER;

BRANDENBURG [GERMANY]; GERMANY; SPREE RIVER;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84883267858     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1570-1     Document Type: Article

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