A comparison of spatially explicit landscape representation methods and their relationship to stream condition

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 590-610

  Peterson, Erin E ^a   Sheldon, Fran ^b   Darnell, Ross ^a   Bunn, Stuart E ^b   Harch, Bronwyn D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; GIS; Hydrologic activity; Inverse distance weighting; Land use

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79551675109     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02507.x     Document Type: Article

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