Conservation of pond systems: A case study of intractability, Brown Moss, UK

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 664, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-33

  Chaichana, Ratcha ^a,b   Leah, Rick ^b   Moss, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Birds; Groundwater; Lake history; Limnology; Nature reserve; Shallow lakes; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LIMNOLOGY; MOSS; NATURE RESERVE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POND; SHALLOW WATER; WATERFOWL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BRYOPHYTA; LURONIUM NATANS;

EID: 79955429221     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0579-y     Document Type: Article

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