Floodplain restoration by reinforcing hydrological connectivity: Expected effects on aquatic mollusc communities

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 474-484

  Reckendorfer, Walter ^a,b   Baranyi, Christian ^a   Funk, Andrea ^a   Schiemer, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Department of Limnology and Hydrobotany ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Diversity; Indicator species; River; River engineering; Species' trait; Unionidae; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CADMIUM; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOODPLAIN; GASTROPOD; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE-AUEN NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 33646547918     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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