A hierarchical spatial framework and database for the national river fish habitat condition assessment;Base de Datos y Marco Jerárquico-Espacial para la Evaluación Nacional de Hábitat de Peces Fluviales

Fisheries

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 436-449

  Wang, Lizhu ^a   Infante, Dana ^b   Esselman, Peter ^a,b   Cooper, Arthur ^a,b   Wu, Dayong ^c   Taylor, William ^b   Beard, Doug ^d   Whelan, Gary ^e   Ostroff, Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HENGSHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

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EID: 84930473610     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2011.607075     Document Type: Article

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