Bank profile and structure as determinants of macroinvertebrate assemblages - Seasonal changes and management

River Research and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 543-556

  Armitage, P D ^a   Lattmann, K ^a   Kneebone, N ^a   Harris, I ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat; Macroinvertebrates; Management; River bank; River ecology; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER BANK; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034758960     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rrr.657     Document Type: Article

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