Do adult and YOY fish benefit from river restoration measures?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue PA, 2013, Pages 174-181

  Lorenz, Armin W ^a   Stoll, Stefan ^b   Sundermann, Andrea ^b   Haase, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat diversity; Juvenile fish; River rehabilitation; River restoration; Shoreline habitats

Indexed keywords

HABITAT DIVERSITY; JUVENILE FISH; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NUMBER OF SPECIES; RESTORATION MEASURES; RIVER REHABILITATION; RIVER RESTORATION; RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS;

RESTORATION;

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; JUVENILE; MICROHABITAT; MOUNTAIN REGION; RIVER; SALMONID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER DEPTH;

GERMANY;

EID: 84887168995     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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