The influence of mesoscale habitat conditions on the macroinvertebrate composition of springs in a geologically homogeneous area

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 668-679

  Kubíková, Lucie ^a,b   Simon, Ondřej Prokop ^a   Tichá, Kamila ^b   Douda, Karel ^a,b   MacIak, Matúš ^a   Bílý, Michal ^a  

^a T G MASARYK WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

benthic community; classification; crenobiology; fens; habitat conditions; inter species associations; oligotrophy; regional scale

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEN; HABITAT TYPE; HOMOGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING WATER; TAXONOMY;

COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; HYDRACARINA; MOLLUSCA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 84884374526     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-174.1     Document Type: Article

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