The US Clean Water Act and habitat replacement: Evaluation of mitigation sites in Orange County, California, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 727-734

  Sudol, Mark F ^a   Ambrose, Richard F ^b  

^a US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Water Act Section 404; Compensatory mitigation; Ecological assessment; Habitat creation; Mitigation success; Orange County, California; Restoration; Riparian habitat; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; RIVERS; WETLANDS;

HABITAT REPLACEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; MITIGATION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POLICY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

RIPARIA;

WATER;

CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER;

EID: 0036830858     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2787-3     Document Type: Article

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