Reappraising the effects of habitat structure on river macroinvertebrates

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2154-2167

  Barnes, Jacqueline B ^a   Vaughan, Ian P ^a   Ormerod, Steve J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fractal dimension; Hydromorphology; Stream invertebrates; Substrate

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84883289588     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12198     Document Type: Article

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