Extreme hydrological events and the ecological restoration of flowing waters

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2639-2652

  Reich, Paul ^a,b   Lake, P S ^b  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic biota; Catchments; Disturbance; Drought; Flood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946471663     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12508     Document Type: Article

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