A cost-effective approach for linking habitats, flow types and species requirements

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 431-446

  Newson, M D ^b   Harper, D M ^c   Padmore, C L ^c   Kemp, J L ^c   Vogel, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Flow types; Functional habitats; Hydraulic biotopes; River Habitat Survey

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOTOPE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT QUALITY; INVERTEBRATE; RIVER SYSTEM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031688790     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199807/08)8:4<431::AID-AQC302>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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