Preface: Assessment of physical habitat characteristics in rivers,implications for river ecology and management

Limnetica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-168

  Barquín, José ^a   Martínez Capel, Francisco ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydromorphology; River habitat assessment; River monitoring; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; VOLUME;

CANTABRIA; SANTANDER [CANTABRIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84863688268     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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