Landscape indicators of human impacts to riverine systems

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-128

  Gergel, Sarah E ^a   Turner, Monica G ^b   Miller, James R ^b   Melack, John M ^c   Stanley, Emily H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human impacts; Indicators; Landscape metrics; River

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LANDSCAPE; RIVER SYSTEM;

AVES; RIPARIA;

EID: 0036069933     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-002-8060-2     Document Type: Review

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