Macrophytes in urban stream rehabilitation: Establishment, ecological effects, and public perception

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 429-440

  Larned, Scott T ^a   Suren, Alastair M ^a   Flanagan, Marty ^a   Biggs, Barry J F ^a   Riis, Tenna ^b  

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

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Invertebrate communities; Monitoring; Rehabilitation; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33747339504     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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