Impacts of small hydropower plants on macroinvertebrate communities

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Xiaocheng, Fu ^a,b   Tao, Tang ^a   Wanxiang, Jiang ^a,b   Fengqing, Li ^a,b   Naicheng, Wu ^a,b   Shuchan, Zhou ^a,b   Qinghua, Cai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

community structure; macroinvertebrate; small hydropower plant; Xiangxi River

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; XIANGXI RIVER;

EID: 40649090647     PISSN: 18722032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2032(08)60019-0     Document Type: Article

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