A Comparison of four stream substratum restoration techniques concerning interstitial conditions and downstream effects

River Research and Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-255

  Pander, J ^a   Mueller, M ^a   Geist, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Habitat structure; Hyporheic zone; Physicochemical habitat conditions; Restoration; River ecological functioning; Spawning ground; Stream bed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922748667     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2732     Document Type: Article

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