The influence of antecedent floods on aquatic invertebrate diversity, abundance and community composition

Ecohydrology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 188-203

  Greenwood, M J ^a   Booker, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flow alteration; Hydrological regime; New Zealand; River

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; LAND USE; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC COMMUNITIES; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOW ALTERATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NEW ZEALAND; SITE CHARACTERISTICS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INVERTEBRATE;

NEW ZEALAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84925278968     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1499     Document Type: Article

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