Using the Ecological Risk Index Based on Combined Watershed and Administrative Boundaries to Assess Human Disturbances on River Ecosystems

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1590-1607

  Zhang, Haiping ^a   Chen, Liding ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological Risk Index; human stressors; large scale assessment; river ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898644037     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2013.842746     Document Type: Article

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