The Impact of Hydrological Restoration on Benthic Aquatic Invertebrate Communities in a New Zealand Wetland

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 747-757

  Suren, Alastair M ^a   Lambert, Paul ^a   Sorrell, Brian K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Drains; Ecological integrity; Invertebrate communities; Restoration; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FEN; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INVERTEBRATE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; WETLAND;

NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; POACEAE; TANYPODINAE;

EID: 81355138139     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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