Sediment deposition in a small lowland stream - Management implications

River Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 199-210

  Wood, P J ^a   Armitage, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk; Drought; Groundwater abstraction; Macroinvertebrates; Management; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

AGAPETUS; AGAPETUS FUSCIPES; SIMULIIDAE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0033025382     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1646(199901/06)15:1/3<199::aid-rrr531>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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