Taxonomy, metrics or traits? Assessing macroinvertebrate community responses to daily flow peaking in a highly regulated Brazilian river system

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 828-842

  Tupinambás, Taynan H ^a,b   Cortes, Rui M V ^b   Varandas, Simone G ^b   Hughes, Samantha J ^b   França, Juliana S ^a   Callisto, Marcos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bioindicators; Dams; Ecosystem; Macroinvertebrate metrics; Macroinvertebrate traits; River regulation; Taxonomic composition

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BIOMARKERS; DAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS; WATER;

ASSESSMENT; BENTHIC MACRO INVERTEBRATES; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW REGIME; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; RIVER REGULATION; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION;

RIVERS;

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DAM; HYDRAULICS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; TAXONOMY;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; RIO GRANDE [BRAZIL];

EID: 84897503885     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1406     Document Type: Article

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