A disturbance index for karst environments

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-116

  Van Beynen, Philip ^a   Townsend, Kaya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caves; Environmental indicators; Human impact; Index; Karst

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CAVES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PROTECTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; HUMAN IMPACT; INDEX; KARST;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; KARST; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERE; BUILDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DUMPING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SOIL; STANDARDIZATION; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

ATMOSPHERE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 23844431765     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0265-9     Document Type: Article

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