Benchmarking habitat quality: Observations using River Habitat Survey on near-natural streams and rivers in northern and western Europe

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Raven, Paul J ^a   Holmes, Nigel T H ^b   Vaughan, Ian P ^c   Dawson, F Hugh ^d   Scarlett, Peter ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Alconbury Environmental Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Quality assessment; RHS; River habitats

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT QUALITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; STREAMFLOW;

NORTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650108061     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1103     Document Type: Article

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