A controlling factor approach to estuary classification

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 905-929

  Hume, Terry M ^a   Snelder, Ton ^a   Weatherhead, Mark ^a   Liefting, Rick ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Tonkin & Taylor Hamilton   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONSERVATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

CATCHMENT GEOLOGY; ESTUARY BASIN MORPHOMETRY; ESTUARY ENVIRONMENT CLASSIFICATION (EEC); MULTI-SCALE SPATIAL FRAMEWORK;

ESTUARIES;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GIS; LAND COVER; MAPPING; MORPHOMETRY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 35148813152     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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