Use of 'functional habitats' to link ecology with morphology and hydrology in river rehabilitation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-178

  Kemp, Joanna L ^a   Harper, David M ^a   Crosa, Giuseppe A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diversity; Environmental heterogeneity; Functional habitats; Hydraulics; Macrophytes; Morphology; River restoration

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER;

EID: 0032966134     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199901/02)9:1<159::AID-AQC319>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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