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Ecological Factors Controlling Stream Zoobenthos with Emphasis on Thermal Modification of Regulated Streams

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The Ecology of Regulated Streams

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A myriad of factors, including temperature, flow, substrate, aquatic and riparian vegetation, dissolved substances, food and bio-tic interactions, determine the composition and abundance of stream zoobenthos (Macan, 1961, 1974; Hynes, 1970a, b). The influence of the watershed on many of these factors has only recently been fully appreciated (e.g., Hynes,, 1975; Cummins, this volume).

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Ward, J.V., Stanford, J.A. (1979). Ecological Factors Controlling Stream Zoobenthos with Emphasis on Thermal Modification of Regulated Streams. In: Ward, J.V., Stanford, J.A. (eds) The Ecology of Regulated Streams. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8613-1_4

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