Development of fish-based methods for the assessment of ecological status in English and Welsh rivers

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 495-508

  Noble, Richard A A ^a   Cowx, I G ^a   Starkie, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Index of biological integrity; Metric selection; Rivers; Typology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUROPEAN UNION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYDROLOGY; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TYPOLOGY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36548999327     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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