Differential Response of Benthos to Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances in 3 Lowland Streams

Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-181

  Armitage, P D ^a   Gunn, R J M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual variability; Channel tunnel; Disturbance; Environmental assessment; Macroinvertebrates; Streams; Substratum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000809409     PISSN: 00209309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19960810202     Document Type: Article

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