Breakdown and colonization of alder in regulated Italian watercourses

Limnetica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 25-32

  Braioni, M G ^a   Salmoiraghi, G ^b   Gumiero, B ^b   Cisotto, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leaf processing; Reguiated streams; River restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002273344     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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