Benthic and hyporheic invertebrate assemblages along a gradient of increasing streambed colmation by fine sediment

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 493-507

  Descloux, Stephane ^a,b,c   Datry, Thibault ^b   Marmonier, Pierre ^c  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b UR MALY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Clogging; Invertebrates; Threshold effect; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODIVERSITY; DOWNWELLING; FAUNA; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INVERTEBRATE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

BAETIDAE; CAENIS; CYCLOPOIDA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HARPACTICOIDA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOCLADIINAE;

EID: 84884417395     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-013-0295-6     Document Type: Article

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