The effects of bankside management on chalk stream invertebrate communities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2233-2245

  Harrison, Simon S C ^a,b   Harris, Iain T ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chalk streams; Grazing; Macroinvertebrates; Riparian; Terrestrial adult phases of aquatic insects

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORDINATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0036830489     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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