The effects of riparian forestry on invertebrate drift and brown trout in upland streams of contrasting acidity

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 578-588

  Ormerod, S J ^a   Jones, M E ^a   Jones, M C ^a   Phillips, D R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Brown trout; Drift; Forestry; Land use; Streams

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SALMONID; STREAMWATER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; RIPARIA; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 8644283475     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-578-2004     Document Type: Article

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