The importance of physical habitat assessment for evaluating river health

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 373-391

  Maddock, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Physical habitat; River health

Indexed keywords

MODEL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032893027     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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