Development and testing of an Index of Stream Condition for waterway management in Australia

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 453-468

  Ladson, Anthony R ^a   White, Lindsay J ^b   Doolan, Jane A ^c   Finlayson, Brian L ^a   Hart, Barry T ^b   Lake, P Sam ^b   Tilleard, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Dept of Nat Rsrc and Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Environmental indicators; River health; River management

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032943126     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1999.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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