Invertebrate communities and environmental conditions in a series of urban drainage ponds in eastern Scotland: Implications for biodiversity and conservation value of SUDS

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-200

  Briers, Robert A ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Freshwater ecosystems; Monitoring; Pollution; Stormwater

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA;

DUNFERMLINE; FIFE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84893481032     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201300162     Document Type: Article

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