Reservoir compensation releases: Impact on the macroinvertebrate community of the derwent river, Northumberland, UK-A longitudinal study

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 692-702

  Maynard, Carly M ^a   Lane, Stuart N ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compensation flow; Diversity; Ecology; Impoundment; Macroinvertebrate; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESERVOIR IMPOUNDMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

DERWENT RIVER [DURHAM-NORTHUMBERLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863854249     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2557     Document Type: Article

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