Spatial arrangement and physical characteristics of structural woody habitat in a lowland river in south-eastern Australia

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 457-464

  Koehn, John D ^a   Nicol, Simon J ^a   Fairbrother, Peter S ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fish habitat; Geomorphology; Large woody debris; Murray River; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Snags

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

EID: 4944237444     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.619     Document Type: Article

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