Freshwater conservation planning: An introduction

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Turak, Eren ^a,b   Linke, Simon ^c  

^a Department of Environment Climate Change and Water ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lakes; Rivers; Spatial prioritisation; Systematic conservation planning; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650025741     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02515.x     Document Type: Article

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