Why should the habitat-level approach underpin holistic river survey and management?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 395-413

  Harper, David ^a   Everard, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Thornbury House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional habitats; RHS; River habitats; River management

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; RIVER SYSTEM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031709425     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199807/08)8:4<395::AID-AQC297>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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