Recolonisation patterns of benthic invertebrates: A field investigation of restored former sewage channels

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1932-1944

  Winking, Caroline ^a   Lorenz, Armin W ^a   Sures, Bernd ^a   Hering, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal pathways; Ecological preference; Stream restoration; Succession

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84904036159     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12397     Document Type: Article

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