General introduction

Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: Ecology and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 1-20

  Datry, Thibault ^a   Bonada, Núria ^b   Boulton, Andrew J ^c  

^a UR MALY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Conservation; Drying; Environmental management; Ephemeral streams; Fluvial geomorphology; Hydrology; Intermittence; Intermittent rivers; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040627406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803835-2.00001-2     Document Type: Chapter

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