Macroinvertebrate community composition and diversity in ephemeral and perennial ponds on unregulated floodplain meadows in the UK

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 793, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 95-108

  Hill, Matthew J ^a   Death, R G ^b   Mathers, K L ^c   Ryves, D B ^c   White, J C ^c   Wood, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community composition; Community heterogeneity; Connectivity; Dry phase duration; Hydroperiod; Invertebrate; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPHEMERAL POOL; FLOODPLAIN; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROPERIOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEADOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84974839125     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-016-2856-x     Document Type: Article

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