Effects of human shoreline development on littoral macroinvertebrates in lowland lakes

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1138-1144

  Brauns, Mario ^a   Garcia, Xavier François ^a   Walz, Norbert ^a   Pusch, Martin T ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coarse woody debris; Habitat complexity; Lake management; Macrophytes; Recreational beaches; Retaining walls; Riparian clearcutting; Ripraps

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CLEARCUTTING; COMPLEXITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RETAINING WALL; RIPRAP; SHORE (NONMARINE); SHORELINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY DEBRIS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 35648960385     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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