Role of wetlands in reducing phosphorus loading to surface water in eight watersheds in the Lake Champlain Basin

Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 731-739

  Christine, M ^a   Watzin, Weller Mary C ^a   Wang, Deane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape; Phosphorus; Regression model; Riparian; Vermont; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKE; LANDSCAPING; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

RIPARIA;

GIS; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; POLLUTION CONTROL; STREAMWATER QUALITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS ROLE;

USA, VERMONT, LAKE CHAMPLAIN;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN; LANDSCAPE; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; RIPARIAN WETLANDS; STREAMWATER; WETLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 0029659692     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01204144     Document Type: Article

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