Transition from pasture to native forest land-use along stream continua: Effects on stream ecosystems and implications for restoration

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-310

  Scarsbrook, Mike R ^a   Halliday, Jane ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benthic macro invertebrates; Channel morphology; Forest remnants; New Zealand; Riparian restoration; Stream habitat; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EPILITHON; INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0032835018     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516878     Document Type: Article

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