Habitat restoration along the River Rhine in The Netherlands: Putting ideas into practice

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-70

  Cals, M J R ^a   Postma, R ^a   Buijse, A D ^a   Marteijn, E C L ^a  

^a INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Policy; River management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM;

NETHERLANDS, RHINE RIVER;

EID: 0031953875     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199801/02)8:1<61::AID-AQC267>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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