The search for reference conditions for stream vegetation in northern Europe

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1890-1901

  Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a   Springe, Gunta ^b   Riis, Tenna ^a   Larsen, Søren E ^a   Sand Jensen, Kaj ^c   Kjellerup Larsen, Lars M ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Danish Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Historic data; Lowland; Macrophytes; Natural condition; WFD

Indexed keywords

FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; NUPHAR; NUPHAR LUTEA; POTAMOGETON ALPINUS;

EID: 49649095911     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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