Functional vs scenic restoration - Challenges to improve fish and fisheries in urban waters

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-185

  Wolter, C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial shallows; Good ecological potential; Habitat improvement; Re meandering; River restoration; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GENERALIST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEANDER; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

BERLIN; BRANDENBURG; GERMANY; MUGGELSPREE RIVER; SPREE RIVER;

GOBIO; GOBIO GOBIO; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; LEUCISCUS IDUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 77953772251     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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