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Ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates: characterization and application
Intensifying hydrologic alteration and the resultant degradation of river ecosystems worldwide have catalyzed a growing body of ecohydrological research into the relationships between flow regime attributes, physical habitat dynamics and biotic response, particularly for determining environmental fl...
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| author | Tharme, Rebecca Elizabeth |
| author2 | Day, Jenny |
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| description | Intensifying hydrologic alteration and the resultant degradation of river ecosystems worldwide have catalyzed a growing body of ecohydrological research into the relationships between flow regime attributes, physical habitat dynamics and biotic response, particularly for determining environmental flows. While invertebrate response to floods has received most attention, in this thesis the aim was to identify and characterize low flows that constituted various degrees of physical disturbance to benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages of perennial rivers. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11040 Ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates: characterization and application Tharme, Rebecca Elizabeth Day, Jenny Zoology Intensifying hydrologic alteration and the resultant degradation of river ecosystems worldwide have catalyzed a growing body of ecohydrological research into the relationships between flow regime attributes, physical habitat dynamics and biotic response, particularly for determining environmental flows. While invertebrate response to floods has received most attention, in this thesis the aim was to identify and characterize low flows that constituted various degrees of physical disturbance to benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages of perennial rivers. 2015-01-02T09:25:35Z 2015-01-02T09:25:35Z 2010 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11040 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Zoology Tharme, Rebecca Elizabeth Ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates: characterization and application |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates: characterization and application |
| title_full | Ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates: characterization and application |
| title_fullStr | Ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates: characterization and application |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates: characterization and application |
| title_short | Ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates: characterization and application |
| title_sort | ecologically relevant low flows for riverine benthic macroinvertebrates characterization and application |
| topic | Zoology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11040 |
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