Effects of suspended sediments from reservoir flushing on fish and macroinvertebrates in an alpine stream

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-95

  Crosa, Giuseppe ^a   Castelli, Elena ^a   Gentili, Gaetano ^b   Espa, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish; Flushing; Invertebrates; Reservoir; River; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FISH; FLUSHING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; JUVENILE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 72249116323     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-009-0117-z     Document Type: Article

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