Catchment-scale urbanization diminishes effects of habitat complexity on instream macroinvertebrate assemblages

Julia Y White; Christopher J Walsh

Journal article

Catchment-scale urbanization diminishes effects of habitat complexity on instream macroinvertebrate assemblages

Julia Y White, Christopher J Walsh

Ecological Applications | WILEY | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1002/eap.2199

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Chris Walsh Author Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Australian Research Council Linkage Program (LP0883610, which funded a postgraduate research award for J. Y. White), the Melbourne Waterway Research-Practice Partnership (funded by Melbourne Water) and Yarra Ranges Council. We thank Rhiannon Birch, Alena Glaister, and Jemima Milkins for assistance in the field and with sample processing; Will Morton for milling the experimental wood blocks; and Yung En Chee and two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript. We particularly thank Lee Hazel for advice on modeling and suggestions on the manuscript.