The importance of small waterbodies for biodiversity and ecosystem services: implications for policy makers

2016/11/01 by Jeremy Biggs, J. Biggs, S. von Fumetti +3 · 590 citations
Environmental Science · #Aquatic ecosystem #Biodiversity #Biology #Ecology #Ecosystem #Ecosystem services #Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies #Environmental resource management #Environmental science #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Freshwater ecosystem #Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology #Habitat

paper · doi:10.1007/s10750-016-3007-0

published in Hydrobiologia 793(1), 3-39 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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