The effect of weed control practices on macroinvertebrate communities in Irish Canals

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 340, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 205-211

  Monahan, C ^a   Caffrey, J M ^a  

^a Central Fisheries Board Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

aquatic herbicides; dichlobenil; macrophyte macroinvertebrate interrelationships; weed cutting

Indexed keywords

ASELLUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 0030427972     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00012756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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