Conservation by restoration: The management concept for a river-floodplain system on the Danube river in Austria

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-86

  Tockner, K ^a   Schiemer, F ^a   Ward, J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Connectivity; Danube; Floodplain; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLOW REGIME; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER-FLOODPLAIN SYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRIA, DANUBE RIVER;

EID: 0031923217     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199801/02)8:1<71::AID-AQC265>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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