What is it about?
We measure the biodiversity quality of invertebrates in artificial reed beds and a natural one and found the artificial reed beds had lower botanical diversity but higher invertebrate biodiversity.
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Why is it important?
This shows that artificial reed beds can be considered as a biodiversity improvement .
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Ina Merrill prepared this work for his dissertation for t his University of Bristol MSc in Water and Environmental Management and Dr Feest wrote ther paper.
Dr Alan Feest
University of Bristol
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This page is a summary of: Does Botanical Diversity in Sewage Treatment Reed-Bed Sites Enhance Invertebrate Biodiversity?, International Journal of Ecology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2012/324295.
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