Benchmarking river habitat improvement

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1768-1779

  Boavida, I ^a   Santos, J M ^b   Cortes, R ^c   Pinheiro, A ^a   Ferreira, M T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

Benchmark; Enhancement; Freshwater fish; Reference conditions; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER SYSTEM;

LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; SQUALIUS ARADENSIS;

EID: 84871361399     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1561     Document Type: Article

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