Long term flow change threatens invertebrate diversity in temporary streams: Evidence from an island

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 580, Issue , 2017, Pages 1453-1459

  Garcia, Celso ^a   Gibbins, Christopher N ^b   Pardo, Isabel ^c   Batalla, Ramon J ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diversity; Global change; Invertebrates; Mediterranean islands; Water permanence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS;

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; DIVERSITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; TAXONOMIC GROUPS;

RIVERS;

BENTHOS; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAMFLOW;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; EPHEMEROPTERA; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PLECOPTERA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TREND STUDY; TRICHOPTERA; WATER FLOW; WATER PERMANENCE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; INSECT; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); RIVER; SEASON; SPAIN;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; INSECTA; ISLANDS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 85008210807     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.119     Document Type: Article

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