Effects of sand sedimentation on the macroinvertebrate fauna of lowland streams: are the effects consistent?

Summary 1. In lowland streams sand sedimentation can produce sand slugs: very slow moving, discrete volumes of sand that are created episodically. Hypothetically, such sedimentation causes losses of habitat and fauna but little is known about the effects of sand slugs. In south‐eastern Australia san...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Freshwater biology 2006-01, Vol.51 (1), p.144-160
Hauptverfasser:	DOWNES, BARBARA J., LAKE, P. S., GLAISTER, ALENA, BOND, NICHOLAS R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Fresh water ecosystems Freshwater Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology lowland streams macroinvertebrates sand slugs sedimentation Synecology
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