Ireland's changing freshwater habitats: Anthropogenic impacts, fishery management problems and ecohydrological perspectives

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 143-148

  McCarthy, T Kieran ^a   Cullen, Paula ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Ecohydrology; Fish conservation; Species introductions; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOHYDROLOGY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM;

IRELAND;

EID: 0036980617     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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