The natural flow regime: A paradigm for river conservation and restoration

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 769-784

  Poff, N LeRoy ^a,b   Allan, J David ^c   Bain, Mark B ^d   Karr, James R ^e   Prestegaard, Karen L ^f   Richter, Brian D ^g   Sparks, Richard E ^h   Stromberg, Julie C ⁱ  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^b Trout Unlimited   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030806644     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313099     Document Type: Article

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