Impacts of sedimentation on the structure and functioning of agricultural stream communities

The excessive deposition of fine inorganic sediment (<2 mm) is a major pathway by which agricultural land uses exert pressure on stream ecosystems. However, less well understood are the underlying mechanisms driving threshold biotic responses and the ecological consequences of community changes t...

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Main Author: Burdon, Francis John
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. School of Biological Sciences 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8310