Characterising hydromorphological features of selected Italian rivers: A comparative application of environmental indices

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 516, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 365-379

  Balestrini, Raffaella ^a   Cazzola, Marcello ^a   Buffagni, Andrea ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AQEM; Buffer strip; Fluvial functioning; Habitat; South Europe; WFD

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS;

BUFFER STRIP INDEX; MACROINVERTEBRATES; RIVER HABITAT ASSESSMENT;

STREAM FLOW;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; INDEX METHOD; RIVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3442881172     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000025276.19872.ee     Document Type: Article

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