A spatial assessment of hydrologic alteration within a river network

River Research and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-340

  Richter, Brian D ^a   Baumgartner, Jeffrey V ^a   Braun, David P ^a   Powell, Jennifer ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; MAPPING; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 0031790984     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1646(199807/08)14:4<329::aid-rrr505>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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