What is river health?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-209

  Norris, Richard H ^a   Thoms, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; River assessment; River health

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER;

EID: 0032918682     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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