Approaches to assessing ecological integrity of New Zealand freshwaters

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 307, 2011, Pages 1-86

  Schallenberg, Marc ^a   Kelly, David ^b   Clapcott, Joanne ^c   Death, Russell ^d   MacNeil, Callum ^e   Young, Roger ^c   Sorrell, Brian ^e   Scarsbrook, Mike ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological integrity; Diversity; Ecological integrity; Function; Indicators; Lake; Nativeness; Pristineness; Resilience; River; Structure

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOTYPE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAKE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THRESHOLD;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 81255157276     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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