Water-level management as a tool for the restoration of shallow lakes in the Netherlands

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 293-298

  Coops, Hugo ^a   Hosper, S Harry ^a  

^a INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lake restoration; Water management; Water level fluctuations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345773350     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140209353935     Document Type: Article

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