Recovery of three New Zealand rural streams as they pass through native forest remnants

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 353, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 63-76

  Storey, Richard G ^a,b   Cowley, Don R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Lotic; New Zealand; Pastoral farming; Riparian forest; Stream

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE; FOREST REMNANT; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; STREAM RESTORATION; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, KAIPARA REGION;

INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0030705973     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003042425431     Document Type: Article

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