Methodologies for surveying plant communities in artificial channels

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 415, Issue , 1999, Pages 87-91

  Hatcher, David ^a   Eaton, John ^a   Gibson, Mary ^b   Leah, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canal; Methods; Survey; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; METHODOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SURVEYING;

EID: 0033571951     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003881517387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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