Effects of impoundment and water-level fluctuations on macrophyte and macroinvertebrate communities of a dammed tidal river

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 493-510

  Richardson, Stephen M ^a   Hanson, J Mark ^a   Locke, Andrea ^a  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Causeway; Drawdown; Freshwater mussels; Petitcodiac River; Tidal barrier

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DAM; DRAWDOWN; FISHPASS STRUCTURE; IMPOUNDMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE;

CANADA;

HEXAGENIA; HEXAGENIA LIMBATA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM LAPATHIFOLIUM; PYGANODON; PYGANODON CATARACTA;

EID: 0036913936     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021137630654     Document Type: Article

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