Invertebrate assemblage responses and the dual roles of resistance and resilience to drying in intermittent rivers

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 291-301

  Leigh, Catherine ^a,b   Bonada, Núria ^c   Boulton, Andrew J ^d   Hugueny, Bernard ^e   Larned, Scott T ^f   Vander Vorste, Ross ^a   Datry, Thibault ^a,e  

^a UR MALY   (France)

^b CESAB RB Immeuble Henri Poincaré   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Disturbance; Invertebrate community; Persistence; Temporary river; Traits

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERSISTENCE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84961202733     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-015-0427-2     Document Type: Article

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