Introduction to European Rivers

Rivers of Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-21

  Tockner, Klement ^a,b   Tonolla, Diego ^c   Uehlinger, Urs ^c   Siber, Rosi ^c   Robinson, Christopher T ^c   Peter, Fabian D ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-369449-2.00001-1     Document Type: Chapter

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