The Importance Of Variable Lateral Connectivity Between Artificial Floodplain Waterbodies And River Channels

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1189-1199

  Bolland, J D ^a,b   Nunn, A D ^a   Lucas, M C ^b   Cowx, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood; Refuge; Rehabilitation; Reproductive guild; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REFUGE; RIVER CHANNEL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ENGLAND; TRENT RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860723785     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1498     Document Type: Article

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