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The downstream transport of benthic organisms in the water column is a global feature of lotic ecosystems (Waters, 1972; Brittain & Eikland, 1988) that serves as an important colonization mechanism (Williams & Hynes, 1976; Müller, 1982; Mackay, 1992). Concomitant with the drift of invertebrates, stream currents also transport large amounts of particulate matter (e. g., Waringer, 1992), the temporal patterns of which reflect functional attributes of lotic ecosystems. For example, differences in drift patterns of benthic invertebrates among river types and exchange patterns of organic matter across floodplain channels are associated with differences in system productivity (Hershey et al., 1993; Bilton et al., 2001).
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Tockner, K., Robinson, C.T., Burgherr, P. (2003). Drift and Colonization Dynamics. In: Ward, J.V., Uehlinger, U. (eds) Ecology of a Glacial Flood Plain. Aquatic Ecology Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0181-5_15
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