Functional assessment of five wetlands constructed to mitigate wetland loss in Ohio, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 436-451

  Wilson, Renée F ^a,b   Mitsch, William J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Concern Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Created and restored wetlands; Forested wetland; Freshwater marsh; Functional assessment; Hydrology; Mitigation; Ohio; Wetland creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001047784     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161333     Document Type: Article

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