Fine sediment reduces vertical migrations of Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in response to surface water loss

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 753, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-71

  Vadher, Atish N ^a   Stubbington, Rachel ^b   Wood, Paul J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Colmation; Dewatering; Hyporheic zone; Sedimentation; Substrate composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939992184     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2193-5     Document Type: Article

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