Invertebrate communities in gravel-bed, braided rivers are highly resilient to flow intermittence

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 164-177

  Vander Vorste, R ^a   Corti, R ^b   Sagouis, A ^c,d   Datry, T ^a  

^a UR MALY   (France)

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

^c UR EMAX   (France)

^d Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Alluvial rivers; BACI design; Co tolerance; Hyporheic zone; Recovery; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BRAIDED RIVER; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESIGN METHOD; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INVERTEBRATE; RIVER SYSTEM; TAXONOMY;

FRANCE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84960884109     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/683274     Document Type: Article

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