Development and use of a wetlands information system for assessing wetland functions

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-216

  Wolfson, Lois ^a   Mokma, Del ^b   Schultink, Ger ^c   Dersch, Eckhart ^c  

^a Departments of Fisheries/Wildlife   (United States)

^b Departments of Crop Soil Sciences   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Information systems; Land use planning; Michigan; Resource management; Wetland assessment; Wetland functions; Wetland preservation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; GIS; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036766683     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1770.2002.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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