The development of an assessment system to evaluate the ecological status of rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region: Introduction to the special feature

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 651, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Stubauer, I ^a   Hering, D ^b   Korte, T ^b   Hoffmann, A ^c   Brabec, K ^d   Sharma, S ^e   Shrestha, M ^f   Kahlown, M A ^g   Tahir, M A ^g   Kumar, A ^h   Sharma, M P ^h   Bari, M F ⁱ   Badruzzaman, A B M ⁱ   Chhopel, G K ^j   Moog, O ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^f International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development   (Nepal)

^g Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources   (Pakistan)

^h INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

ⁱ BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^j National Environment Commission Secretariat   (Bhutan)

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Author keywords

Asia; Benthic invertebrates; Sustainable water management; Water quality map

Indexed keywords

ASIAN COUNTRIES; ASIAN RIVERS; ASSESSMENT METHODS; ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; ASSESSMENT TOOL; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; CONTRACT NUMBER; DATA SETS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; ECOREGIONS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FIELD ASSESSMENT; LABORATORY PROTOCOLS; LOCAL RESIDENTS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MONITORING TOOLS; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; PROTOCOL INFORMATION; REFERENCE CONDITION; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SOFTWARE TOOL; STREAM TYPOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE WATER; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; TIME LINE; WATER MANAGERS; WATER RESOURCE PLANNING; WORK PACKAGES;

ANIMALS; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ECOLOGY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PLANNING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MITIGATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY; RESEARCH WORK; RIVER WATER; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY; TAXONOMY; TYPOLOGY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952037720     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0286-8     Document Type: Article

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