Substrate-specific macroinvertebrate diversity patterns following stream restoration

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-303

  Jähnig, Sonja C ^a   Lorenz, Armin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Aquatic habitat; Beta diversity; Hydromorphology; Mountain streams; Multiple channel streams; Nestedness

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLY; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NESTEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

COLEOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 50649104593     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-008-8042-0     Document Type: Article

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