Ecotonal shifts in diversity and functional traits in zoobenthic communities of karst springs

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 738, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Carroll, Teresa M ^a   Thorp, James H ^b  

^a DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Caves; Functional feeding groups; Headwaters; Ozarks

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOTONE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HEADWATER; HYDROBIOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; KARST HYDROLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; ZOOBENTHOS;

MISSOURI; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 84905703244     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1907-4     Document Type: Article

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