Assessment of river habitat quality in the Hai River Basin, northern China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 11699-11717

  Ding, Yuekui ^a,b   Shan, Baoqing ^a   Zhao, Yu ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; Hai River Basin; Impact factor; Indicator; River habitat quality; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMING SYSTEM; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; QUALITY CONTROL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER;

CHINA; HAI BASIN;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84941912926     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120911699     Document Type: Article

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