A quantitative method for assessing lake ecosystem health

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1466-1474

  Zhao, Zhen Yan ^a   Xu, Fu Liu ^a   Zhan, Wei ^a   Hao, Jun Yi ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Zhao, Shan Shan ^a   Hu, Wei Ping ^b   Tao, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health index; Lake ecosystem health; Quantitative assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444438292     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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