Temporal variability in discharge and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a tropical glacier-fed stream

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-45

  Jacobsen, Dean ^a   Andino, Patricio ^b   Calvez, Roger ^c   Cauvy Fraunié, Sophie ^b,d,e   Espinosa, Rodrigo ^b   Dangles, Olivier ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Andes; communities; diversity stability hypothesis; dynamics; Ecuador; fauna; flow; macrobenthos

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISCHARGE; FLOW PATTERN; GLACIER FLOW; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MELTING; MELTWATER; RUNOFF; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

EID: 84896364055     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674745     Document Type: Article

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