Ecological benefits of creating messy rivers

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Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-478

  Everall, Nicholas C ^a   Farmer, Andrew ^a   Heath, Andrew F ^b   Jacklin, Timothy E ^c   Wilby, Robert L ^d  

^a Aquascience   (United Kingdom)

^b C/o Trentside Offices   (United Kingdom)

^c Wild Trout Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrate; River Manifold; River restoration; Species richness; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; REVETMENT; RIVER BANK; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ENGLAND; MANIFOLD RIVER; STAFFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMELETUS INOPINATUS; BAETIS; EPHEMEROPTERA;

EID: 84869085061     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2012.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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