Stream health: Incorporating the human dimension to advance stream ecology

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 439-447

  Meyer, Judy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Ecological integrity; Ecosystem goods and services; Ecosystem health; Indicators; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030918499     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468029     Document Type: Article

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