Alternative stable states in floodplain ecosystems

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 37-42

  Dokulil, Martin T ^a   Donabaum, Karl ^b   Pall, Karin ^c  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b Donabaum and Wolfram OEG   (Austria)

^c Systema Bio /Mgmt Consulting GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Equilibrium; Management; Recovery; Restoration; Urban lake

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; OXBOW LAKE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; VIENNA;

ALGAE;

EID: 33847666388     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1642-3593(06)70124-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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