Management options for river conservation planning: Condition and conservation re-visited

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 918-938

  Linke, Simon ^a,b   Pressey, Robert L ^b   Bailey, Robert C ^c   Norris, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irreplaceability; Macroinvertebrates; River condition; Systematic conservation planning; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

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EID: 34247500803     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01690.x     Document Type: Article

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