Are River Styles ecologically meaningful? A test of the ecological significance of a geomorphic river characterization scheme

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-48

  Thomson, James R ^a,b   Taylor, Mark P ^a   Brierley, Gary J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Habitat assessment; Macroinvertebrates; Physical habitat; River health; River styles

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT RESTORATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0942289674     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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