Constraints on the recovery of invertebrate assemblages in a regulated snowmelt river during a tributary-sourced environmental flow regime

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1407-1420

  Brooks, Andrew J ^a   Russell, Matthew ^a   Bevitt, Robyn ^a   Dasey, Matthew ^a,b  

^a New South Wales Office of Water   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

dispersal; fine sediment; river restoration; Snowy River

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REMEDIATION; RIVER; SNOWMELT; STREAM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 82955168983     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF11128     Document Type: Article

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