Succession of fish diversity after reconnecting a large floodplain to the upper Danube River

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-50

  Pander, Joachim ^a   Mueller, Melanie ^a   Geist, Juergen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotic community; Bypass channel; Colonization; Fish pass; River restoration; Secondary floodplain

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIODIVERSITY; FISH; FLOODS; MORPHOLOGY; RESTORATION; RIVERS;

BIOTIC COMMUNITY; BYPASS CHANNEL; COLONIZATION; FISH PASS; FLOOD PLAINS; RIVER RESTORATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC FACTOR; BYPASS; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT LOSS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION;

DANUBE RIVER;

EID: 84913528975     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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