A typological classification of headwater streams in Ireland

Biology and Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-255

  Callanan, Maria ^a   Baars, Jan Robert ^a   Kelly Quinn, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84869417484     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2012.11     Document Type: Article

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