Defining and measuring river health

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-234

  Karr, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; IBI; Multimetric index; River health; Society

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER;

EID: 0032893602     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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