The biological effectiveness of artificial riffles in river rehabilitation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-197

  Ebrahimnezhad, Mohammad ^a,b   Harper, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HABITAT; ARTIFICIAL RIFFLE; CHANNELIZATION; FLOW VELOCITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIFFLE; RIVER REHABILITATION; RIVER RESTORATION;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, HARPER'S BROOK;

EID: 0030773766     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199709)7:3<187::AID-AQC219>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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