Stream characteristics and their implications for the protection of riparian fens and meadows

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1893-1903

  Baattrup Pedersen, Annette ^a   Larsen, Søren E ^a   Mejlhede, Peter ^a,b   Audet, Joachim ^a   Hoffman, Carl Christian ^a   Andersen, Hans E ^a   Kjaergaard, Charlotte ^b   Kronvang, Brian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Habitats Directive; Hydrology; Phosphorus; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961026932     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02606.x     Document Type: Article

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