Increasing extent of periods of no flow in intermittent waterways promotes heterotrophy

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1810-1823

  Acuna V ^a   Casellas, M ^a   Corcoll, N ^a   Timoner, X ^a,b   Sabater, S ^a,b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial streams; Ecosystem processes; Global change; Stream biofilm; Temporary waterways

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84939203806     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12612     Document Type: Article

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