Drift benthos relationships in the seasonal colonization dynamics of alpine streams

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-470

  Robinson, Christopher T ^a   Tockner, Klement ^a   Burgherr, Peter ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Intermittent stream; Kryal; Macroinvertebrate; Temporary stream

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; EPHEMERAL STREAM; SEASONALITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 9344261763     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0160-0447     Document Type: Article

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