Riparian quality and habitat heterogeneity assessment in Cantabrian rivers

Limnetica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-346

  Barquín, José ^a   Fernández, Diego ^a   Álvarez Cabria, Mario ^a   Peñas, Francisco ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Hydromorphology; River ecosystems; River habitat quality; River health

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER DISCHARGE;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84866369361     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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