Systematic planning for river rehabilitation: Integrating multiple ecological and economic objectives in complex decisions

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Hermoso, Virgilio ^a,b,c   Pantus, Francis ^a,c   Olley, Jon ^a,c   Linke, Simon ^a,b,c   Mugodo, James ^c   Lea, Patrick ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Cost; Efficacy; Efficiency; Integration; Monitoring; Multi objective

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455192229     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02693.x     Document Type: Review

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