Land use effects on habitat, water quality, periphyton, and benthic invertebrates in Waikato, New Zealand, hill-country streams

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 579-597

  Quinn, John M ^a   Cooper, A Bryce ^a   Davies Colley, Robert J ^a   Rutherford, J Christopher ^a   Williamson, R Bruce ^a  

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

Author keywords

Benthic respiration; Channel morphology; Coarse woody debris; New Zealand; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Riparian shade; Suspended sediment; Water clarity; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744438910     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516791     Document Type: Article

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