Establishing the condition of lowland floodplain rivers: A palaeo-ecological approach

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 407-423

  Thoms, M C ^b   Ogden, R W ^b   Reid, M A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lowland floodplain rivers; River health

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY;

EID: 0032920434     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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