Adapting and adopting River Habitat Survey: Problems and solutions for fluvial hydromorphological assessment in Portugal

Limnetica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-272

  Ferreira, Jõao ^a   Pádua, Jõao ^a,f   Hughes, Samantha Jane ^b,c   Cortes, Rui M ^b   Varandas, Simone ^b   Holmes, Nigel ^d   Raven, Paul ^e  

^a Instituto da Á Gua I P   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^d Alconbury Environmental Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^e ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f EDP DISTRIBUIÇÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Hydromorphological quality assessment; Lotic habitat features; Mediterranean rivers; RHS adaptations; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; RIVER; SURVEY;

PORTUGAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84866371652     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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