Inter-relationships between standing crop, biodiversity and trait attributes of hydrophytic vegetation in artificial waterways

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 883-902

  Willby, Nigel J ^a,b,c   Pygott, ^a,b,c   Eaton, ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic plant; Conservation; Disturbance; Hump backed models; Management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANAL; DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MACROPHYTE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS;

EID: 0034927191     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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