Protecting stream health: A management strategy: Stream health assessment for local government planning

Water

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 76-81

  Haase, Rainer ^a   Loose, peter ^b   Clowes, Daniel ^b   Nolte, Ulrike ^a  

^a Applied Freshwater Science   (Australia)

^b Environmental Services Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; GIS; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037368208     PISSN: 03100367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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