Backwater habitats and their role in nature conservation on navigable waterways

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 340, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 333-338

  Willby, Nigel J ^a,b   Eaton, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boat; channel; management; refuge design

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030437475     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00012777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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