Effects of vegetation state on biodiversity and nitrogen retention in created wetlands: A test of the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning hypothesis

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 387-396

  Weisner, Stefan E B ^a   Thiere, Geraldine ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Constructed wetlands; Ecosystem functioning; Macrophytes; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 74049160776     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02288.x     Document Type: Article

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