Benefits to 0+ fishes of connecting man-made waterbodies to the lower River Trent, England

River Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-376

  Nunn, A D ^a   Harvey, J P ^a   Cowx, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

0+ fishes; Floodplains; Lowland rivers; Phytoplankton; Rehabilitation; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NURSERY GROUND; PHYTOPLANKTON; RECRUITMENT; SPAWNING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TRENT RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PISCES;

EID: 33847191708     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.993     Document Type: Article

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