Effects of fine sediment addition and removal on stream invertebrates and fish: A reach-scale experiment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2584-2604

  Ramezani, Javad ^a,b   Rennebeck, Lasse ^c   Closs, Gerard P ^a   Matthaei, Christoph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Management and Planning Organization   (Iran)

^c HOCHSCHULE BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Fish assemblages; Fish diet; Invertebrate drift; Land use; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 84911971221     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12456     Document Type: Article

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