Quantifying macroinvertebrate responses to in-stream habitat restoration: Applications of meta-analysis to river restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-19

  Miller, Scott W ^a   Budy, Phaedra ^a   Schmidt, John C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boulder additions; Channel reconfiguration; Effectiveness monitoring; In stream habitat restoration; Large woody debris; Macroinvertebrates; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; META-ANALYSIS; RIVER CHANNEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY DEBRIS;

EID: 73949116355     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00605.x     Document Type: Review

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