A critical review of representative wetland rapid assessment methods in North America

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Carletti, Alessandro ^a   De Leo, Giulio A ^a   Ferrari, Ireneo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; Impact assessment; Rapid assessment methods; Wetland functions

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9644278200     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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