Biological conservation of aquatic inland habitats: These are better days

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 73, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2014, Pages 120-131

  Winfield, Ian J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Citizen science; Evidence based; Freshwater fish; Knowledge transfer; Standardised assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84904246648     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2014.795     Document Type: Article

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