Diversity of macroinvertebrate communities as a reflection of habitat heterogeneity in a mountain river subjected to variable human impacts

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 194, Issue , 2011, Pages 189-207

  Wyzga, Bartlomiej ^a   Oglecki, Pawel ^b   Radecki Pawlik, Artur ^c   Zawiejska, Joanna ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^d PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 84899872748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GM000983     Document Type: Article

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