How to make river assessments comparable: A demonstration for hydromorphology

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 264-275

  Langhans, Simone D ^a   Lienert, Judit ^a   Schuwirth, Nele ^a   Reichert, Peter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Comparability; Ecological assessment; Intercalibration; Multi criteria decision analysis; River management

Indexed keywords

BIOASSESSMENT; COMPARABILITY; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; INTERCALIBRATION; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY;

RIVERS;

DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

GERMANY; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876909466     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.027     Document Type: Article

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