Are Chironomidae (Diptera) good indicators of water scarcity? Dryland streams as a case study

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 71, Issue , 2016, Pages 155-162

  Cañedo Argüelles, Miguel ^a,b   Bogan, Michael T ^c   Lytle, David A ^d   Prat, Narcis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Drought resistance; Dryland streams; Ecological traits; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DROUGHT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DRYLAND; ECOLOGICAL TRAITS; WATER SCARCITY;

RIVERS;

BIOINDICATOR; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; SENSOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM CHANNEL; TAXONOMY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO BASIN [(RVB) NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84978426914     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.002     Document Type: Article

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