Comparison of macroinvertebrate communities of intermittent and perennial streams in the dry forest of Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ecohydrology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 659-672

  De Szoeke, Suzanne M ^a,b   Crisman, Thomas L ^c   Thurman, Paul E ^c  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b GSI Water Solutions   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered hydrology; Canal impacts; Costa Rica; Dry tropical forests; Intermittent; Macroinvertebrates; Perennial; Tropical streams

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROLOGY;

COSTA RICA; DRY TROPICAL FORESTS; INTERMITTENT; MACROINVERTEBRATES; PERENNIAL; TROPICAL STREAMS;

FORESTRY;

CANAL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DRY FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RECOLONIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 84941790693     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1665     Document Type: Article

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