Chapter 8 Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods. A Tool for Assessing River Ecosystem Health Using Functional Macroinvertebrate Traits

Data Handling in Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2008, Pages 169-191

  Canobbio, S ^a   Mezzanotte, V ^a   Ballabio, D ^a   Pavan, M ^a  

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EID: 56049103957     PISSN: 09223487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-3487(08)10008-9     Document Type: Review

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