Long-term population and community patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates and fishes in Northern California Mediterranean-climate streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 719, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-118

  Resh, Vincent H ^a   Bêche, Leah A ^a,b   Lawrence, Justin E ^a   Mazor, Raphael D ^a,c   McElravy, Eric P ^a   O'Dowd, Alison P ^a,d   Rudnick, Deborah ^a,e   Carlson, Stephanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Southern California Coastal Water Research Project ^*

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Integral Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biological monitoring; Fishes; Long term variability; Mediterranean climate; Streams

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STREAMFLOW;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 84885021594     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1373-9     Document Type: Review

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