Resource use in the Parana River Delta (Argentina): Moving away from an ecohydrological approach?

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 245-262

  Baigún, Claudio R M ^a,f   Puig, Alba ^b   Minotti, Priscilla G ^c   Kandus, Patricia ^d   Quintana, Ruben ^d,f   Vicari, Ricardo ^d   Bo, Roberto ^d   Oldani, Norberto O ^e,f   Nestler, John A ^g  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c Universidad CAECE   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e Centro Cientifico Tecnológico   (Argentina)

^f Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^g US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; Environmental goods and services; Floodplain; Flow pulse

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; RESOURCE USE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

ARGENTINA; PARANA DELTA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS;

EID: 70349215174     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-009-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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