Braided river ecology: A literature review of physical habitats and aquatic invertebrate communities

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 279, 2007, Pages 1-50

  Gray, Duncan ^a   Harding, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Braided rivers; Diversity; Geomorphology; Groundwater; Springs

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIODIVERSITY; BRAIDED RIVER; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DELEATIDIUM; ELMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE;

EID: 38349126267     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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