Atlantic Island freshwater ecosystems: Challenges and considerations following the EU Water Framework Directive

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 289-297

  Hughes, Samantha Jane ^a,b   Malmqvist, Björn ^c  

^a Lab Regional de Engenharia Civil   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ecological quality; Ecoregions; Islands; Macaronesia; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOREGIONS; ISLANDS; MACARONESIA; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ISLAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24644488763     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1695-y     Document Type: Article

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