Fish-based methods for assessing European running waters: A synthesis

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 369-380

  Schmutz, Stefan ^a   Cowx, I G ^b   Haidvogl, G ^a   Pont, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Europe; Fish based assessment; Index of biotic integrity; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36549008649     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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