Hydrologic restoration of a fen in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-345

  Cooper, David J ^a   MacDonald, Lee H ^a   Wenger, Shaunda K ^a   Woods, Scott W ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEN; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROLOGY;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032418667     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161529     Document Type: Article

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