Stream and river typologies - Major results and conclusions from the STAR project

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-37

  Sandin, Leonard ^a   Verdonschot, Piet F M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Europe; River; Stream; Typology; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGY; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; RIVERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; STREAMS; TYPOLOGY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DIATOM; FISH; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RIVER; STREAM; TYPOLOGY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33746079162     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0072-9     Document Type: Article

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