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Principles, Planning and Accomplishment of Lake Restoration Projects

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Restoration of Lakes, Streams, Floodplains, and Bogs in Europe

Part of the book series: Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management ((WECM,volume 3))

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This chapter describes a procedure for accomplishing lake restoration projects, starting from the necessary pre-investigations of a lake’s character and condition, through the design of a restoration plan, and a monitoring programme designed so as to be able to evaluate whether the project goal has been achieved.

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Björk, S. (2010). Principles, Planning and Accomplishment of Lake Restoration Projects. In: Eiseltová, M. (eds) Restoration of Lakes, Streams, Floodplains, and Bogs in Europe. Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9265-6_5

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