Composition and richness of macrophyte communities in small Danish streams - Influence of environmental factors and weed cutting

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 495, Issue , 2003, Pages 171-179

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

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Riparian zone; Small streams; Stream macrophytes; Weed cutting

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES;

STREAM FLOW;

CLIPPING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROPHYTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

DENMARK;

BERULA ERECTA; GLYCERIAFLUITANS; PHRAGMITES KARKA; RIPARIA; SPARGANIUM;

EID: 0141674971     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025442017837     Document Type: Article

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