Evaluation of river basin restoration options by the application of the Water Framework Directive Explorer in the Zwalm River basin (Flanders, Belgium)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-97

  Mouton, Ans M ^a   Van Der Most, Herman ^b   Jeuken, Ad ^c   Goethals, Peter L M ^a   De Pauw, Niels ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c RWS RIZA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Ecological modelling; Integrated river basin management; Macroinvertebrates; River restoration

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT RESTORATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EAST FLANDERS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; ZWALM BASIN;

EID: 67649543982     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1106     Document Type: Article

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