Native and alien macroinvertebrate richness in a remnant of the former river Rhine: A source for recolonisation of restored habitats?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Wirth, Aurelia ^a   Schmera, Denes ^a,b   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alien taxa; Conservation value; Macroinvertebrates; Richness; River Rhine

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS; INDICATOR VALUES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; RESULT COMPARISON; RIVER EMBANKMENTS; RIVER RHINE; RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS; SAMPLING METHOD; SAMPLING SITE; STANDARD SAMPLING METHODS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; EMBANKMENTS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RESTORATION;

RIVERS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EMBANKMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; RECOLONIZATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; RHINE RIVER; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954689047     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0321-9     Document Type: Article

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