Looking beneath the surface: using hydrogeology and traits to explain flow variability effects on stream macroinvertebrates

Ecohydrology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1480-1495

  Kath, Jarrod ^a   Harrison, Evan ^a   Kefford, Ben J ^a   Moore, Leah ^a   Wood, Paul J ^b   Schäfer, Ralf B ^c   Dyer, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

dispersal; drought; groundwater; lotic; low flow; stream; surface groundwater connectivity

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISPERSIONS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; STREAM FLOW;

DISPERSAL; GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; LOTIC; LOW FLOW; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER CATCHMENT; STREAM;

GROUNDWATER;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISPERSAL; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; LOW FLOW; MACROINVERTEBRATE; STREAM;

AUSTRALIA; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84964931435     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1741     Document Type: Article

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