Biodiversity in the Lower Rhine and Meuse river-floodplains: Its significance for ecological river management

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 129-149

  Van Den Brink, F W B ^a   Van Der Velde, G ^b   Buijse, A D ^c   Klink, A G ^d  

^a Province of Limburg   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^d Klink Hydrobiological Consultants   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquatic biota; Biodiversity; Connectivity; Ecological groups; Floodplains; Historical references; Meuse; Rhine; River management

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIODIVERSITY; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030298886     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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