Macrozoobenthos response to environmental degradation in a heavily modified stream: Case study the Upper Elbe River, Czech Republic

Biologia

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 527-536

  Adámek, Zdeněk ^a   Orendt, Claus ^b   Wolfram, Georg ^c   Sychra, Jan ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Orendt Hydrobiologie   (Germany)

^c DWS Hydro Ecology GmbH   (Austria)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Channelization; Degradation; Macrozoobenthos; Pollution; The Elbe River

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951760577     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-010-0043-5     Document Type: Article

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