Biological objectives for the protection of rivers and streams in Victoria, Australia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 572, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 287-299

  Metzeling, Leon ^a   Tiller, David ^a   Newall, Peter ^a   Wells, Fiona ^a,c   Reed, Julia ^a,b  

^a VIC Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

^b Department of Sustainability and Environment Land Stewardship and Biodiversity ^*  (Australia)

^c Resource Planning and Development Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

AUSRIVAS; Indicators; Macroinvertebrates; Regionalisation; Scale; SIGNAL

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

AUSRIVAS; INDICATORS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; REGIONALISATION; SCALE; SIGNAL;

RIVERS;

DATA SET; LEGISLATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; STREAMWATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33749349497     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-9005-2     Document Type: Article

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