Thirty years of stream protection Long-term nutrient and vegetation changes in a retired pasture stream

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 300, 2010, Pages 1-49

  Howard Williams, Clive ^a   Pickmere, Stuart ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Nitrogen; Nutrient attenuation; Phosphorus; Restoration; Riparian strips; Stream rehabilitation; Succession; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEASONALITY; STREAM CHANNEL; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WHANGAMATA STREAM;

CAREX; CORTADERIA FULVIDA; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; LOLIUM; PHORMIUM TENAX; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 77955350434     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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