Forest drainage: A threat to benthic biodiversity of boreal headwater streams?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 745-759

  Vuori, Kari Matti ^a   Joensuu, Ilona ^b   Latvala, Jyrki ^b   Jutila, Eero ^c   Ahvonen, Anssi ^c  

^a Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Biodiversity; Forest drainage; Headwater streams; Macroinvertebrates; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST; STREAM;

FINLAND;

EID: 0031792172     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(1998110)8:6<745::AID-AQC310>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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