An index to track the ecological effects of drought development and recovery on riverine invertebrate communities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 82, Issue , 2017, Pages 344-356

  Chadd, Richard P ^a   England, Judy A ^a   Constable, Drew ^a   Dunbar, Michael J ^a   Extence, Chris A ^a   Leeming, David J ^b   Murray Bligh, John A ^a   Wood, Paul J ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b DJL Ecologists   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Drought; Habitat; Index; Invertebrates; River

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FLOW VELOCITY; RECOVERY; RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT; INDEX; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; INVERTEBRATES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 85023603687     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.06.058     Document Type: Article

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