Restoration of Skjern River and its valley: Project description and general ecological changes in the project area

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 131-144

  Pedersen, Morten Lauge ^a   Andersen, Jens Møller ^a   Nielsen, Kurt ^a   Linnemann, Marianne ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Forest and Nature Agency   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deposition; Fish; Macroinvertebrates; Nutrients; Rare species; Restoration; River; River valley; Vegetation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

MACROINVERTEBRATES; RIVER VALLEYS; SHALLOW LAKES;

RIVERS;

NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; RIVERS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

CHANNELIZATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT RESTORATION; MEADOW; MEANDER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SHALLOW WATER; VALLEY; WETLAND;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; RINGKOBING; SCANDINAVIA; SKJERN RIVER;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34047259452     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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