Applying wetland reference data to functional assessment, mitigation, and restoration

Wetlands

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-215

  Rheinhardt, Richard D ^a   Brinson, Mark M ^a   Farley, Paul M ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Land Management Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory wetland mitigation; Ecosystem restoration; Fire; Functional assessment; Hydrogeomorphic assessment; Impact assessment; Longleaf pine; North Carolina; Pinus palustris; Reference standards; Reference wetlands; Wet pine flats

Indexed keywords

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MITIGATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0031401097     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161409     Document Type: Article

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