Abstract
Numerous physical, chemical, and biological processes interact to produce a stream ecosystem. Small streams tend to reflect the conditions of the drainage area and usually are chemically and physically dynamic and biologically rich.
Diurnal refers to an event that occurs in a day or recurs each day. Diel (= day) is a more recent term that refers to events that recur at intervals of 24 h or less (Odum, 1971). In studies of community periodicity, when whole groups of organisms exhibit synchronous activity patterns in the day-night cycle, diurnal is used sometimes in a more restricted sense, referring to animals that are active only during the day versus others that are active only during the period of darkness (= nocturnal) and still others only during twilight periods (crepuscular).
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Wetzel, R.G., Likens, G.E. (1991). Diurnal Changes in a Stream Ecosystem: An Energy and Nutrient Budget Approach. In: Limnological Analyses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4098-1_24
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