Restoration of floodplain rivers: The 'Danube Restoration Project'

Regulated Rivers: Research and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 231-244

  Schiemer, Fritz ^a   Baumgartner, Christian ^a   Tockner, Klement ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Danube; Floodplain; River floodplain

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER;

AUSTRIA; DANUBE RIVER;

EID: 0033061049     PISSN: 08869375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1646(199901/06)15:1/3<231::AID-RRR548>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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