Long-term developments in ecological rehabilitation of the main distributaries in the Rhine delta: Fish and macroinvertebrates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 565, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 229-242

  De Vaate, A Bij ^a,c   Breukel, R ^a,c   Van Der Velde, G ^b,c  

^a INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Centre for River Studies NCR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Non indigenous species; River engineering; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EXOTIC SPECIES; NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES; RHINE DELTA; RIVER ENGINEERING;

ECOLOGY;

FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE DELTA; RHINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646867191     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1916-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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