Instream mesohabitat biodiversity in three groundwater streams under base-flow conditions

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-278

  Wood, P J ^a   Armitage, P D ^b   Cannan, C E ^c   Petts, G E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow stress; Groundwater streams; Habitat diversity; Mesohabitat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; STREAM; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032997617     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199905/06)9:3<265::AID-AQC342>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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