Long-term effects of stream management on plant communities in two Danish lowland streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 481, Issue , 2002, Pages 33-45

  Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a   Larsen, Søren E ^a   Riis, Tenna ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Composition; Dredging; Lowland streams; Macrophyte diversity; Weed cutting

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; FLOODS;

SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES;

HYDROLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CUTTING; MACROPHYTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

DENMARK;

POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON NATANS;

EID: 0036705027     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021296519187     Document Type: Article

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