Proposal for adaptive management to conserve biotic integrity in a regulated segment of the Tallapoosa River, Alabama, U.S.A.

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1212-1222

  Irwin, Elise R ^a   Freeman, Mary C ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FLOW REGULATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036793021     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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