State of environment indicators of 'river health': Exploring the metaphor

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-220

  Fairweather, Peter G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; Environmental indicators; River health

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; RIVER;

EID: 0032894486     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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