Hydromorphological parameters indicating differences between single- and multiple-channel mountain rivers in Germany, in relation to their modification and recovery

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1200-1216

  Jähnig, Sonja C ^a   Lorenz, Armin ^a   Hering, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitat diversity; Riparian habitat diversity; Scale; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 54949121758     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.875     Document Type: Article

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