Drying of a temperate, intermittent river has little effect on adjacent riparian arthropod communities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 666-678

  Corti, Roland ^a   Datry, Thibault ^b  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b UR MALY   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic terrestrial linkages; Ground dwelling arthropods; Riparian zones; River drying; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897614231     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12294     Document Type: Article

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