Ecosystem health assessment of urban rivers and lakes - Case study of "the six lakes" in Beijing, China

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-217

  Zhang, Fengling ^a   Liu, Jingling ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Li, Yongli ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health assessment; Indicator system; The six lakes; Urban rivers and lakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749085049     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-008-0007-y     Document Type: Article

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