A method for the automated extraction of environmental variables to help the classification of rivers in Britain

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-403

  Dawson, F H ^a   Hornby, D D ^a   Hilton, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; GIS; Map based data; River habitats

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; RIVER; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036651075     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.534     Document Type: Conference Paper

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