The role of benthic microhabitats in determining the effects of hydromorphological river restoration on macroinvertebrates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 769, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-66

  Verdonschot, Ralf C M ^a   Kail, Jochem ^b   McKie, Brendan G ^c   Verdonschot, Piet F M ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Diversity; Microhabitat; Richness; River restoration

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROHABITAT; PATCHINESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUROPE;

EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84959532570     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2575-8     Document Type: Article

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