Assessing the effectiveness of enhancement activities in urban streams: I. Habitat responses

River Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-401

  Suren, Alastair M ^a   Riis, Tenna ^a,b   Biggs, Barry J F ^a   McMurtrie, Shelley ^c   Barker, Rachel ^d  

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

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c EOS Ecology   (New Zealand)

^d CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Habitat; Hydraulics; Riparian vegetation; Sediments; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

STREAMFLOW; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CAREX; CYPERACEAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 19144363017     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.816     Document Type: Article

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