Benthic and hyporheic invertebrate assemblages along a flow intermittence gradient: effects of duration of dry events

Summary 1. A large proportion of the total river length on Earth comprises rivers that are temporary in nature. However, the effects of periodical dry events have received far less attention from ecologists than those of floods and low flows. 2. This study concomitantly examined the effects of flow...

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Published in:	Freshwater biology Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 563 - 574
Main Author:	DATRY, THIBAULT
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2012 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc Wiley
Subjects:	Desiccation drought ecologists ecology Environmental Sciences floods flow permanence France Freshwater hyporheic refuge hypothesis Invertebrata Invertebrates Low flow nestedness Quantitative research Rivers sediments Small mammals Streambeds summer Taxa Taxonomy temporary river France
ISSN:	0046-5070, 1365-2427
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