Proposal of a rapid methodology to assess the conservation status of Mediterranean wetlands and its application in Catalunya (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Archives des Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 141-152

  Sala, Jordi ^a   Gascón, Stéphanie ^a   Boix, Dani ^a   Gesti, Josep ^a   Quintana, Xavier D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Mediterranean wetlands; Rapid bioassessment; Shallow waters

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION STATUS; MEDITERRANEAN WETLANDS; RAPID BIOASSESSMENT; SHALLOW WATERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 33747087863     PISSN: 1661464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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