Responses of macroinvertebrate communities to river restoration in a channelized segment of the Shibetsu River, Northern Japan

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 681-689

  Nakano, Daisuke ^a   Nakamura, Futoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Channel straightening; Groyne structures; Lowland rivers; Macroinvertebrate community; Reconstructed meanders; River restoration; Riverbed stability

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; GROIN; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEANDER; RIVER BED;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SHIBETSU RIVER;

EID: 33746542474     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.928     Document Type: Article

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