Impacts of land use changes on hydrological components and macroinvertebrate distributions in the Poyang lake area

Ecohydrology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1119-1136

  Schmalz, B ^a   Kuemmerlen, M ^b,c   Kiesel, J ^a   Cai, Q ^d   Jahnig S C ^b,c,e   Fohrer, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

BIOMOD; Land use change; Macroinvertebrates; Poyang lake area; Streamflow; Surface runoff; SWAT

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; LAKES; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMOD; LAND-USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; POYANG LAKE AREA; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SWAT;

LAND USE;

ECOHYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RUNOFF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; JIANGXI; POYANG LAKE;

PLECOPTERA; TOGOPERLA;

EID: 84941647089     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1569     Document Type: Article

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