The relation between geomorphological features and species richness in the low flow channel of the Warche, downstream from the Bütgenbach dam (Ardennes, Belgium)

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-120

  Assani, Ali A ^a   Petit, François ^b   Leclercq, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Canonical correlation analysis; Gravel bed river; Impact of dams; Regulated river; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DAM; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURE; LOW FLOW; RIVER CHANNEL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIEGE [BELGIUM]; WARCHE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33746932102     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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