Vegetation type conversion in Los Peñasquitos Lagoon, California: An examination of the role of watershed urbanization

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-503

  Greer, Keith ^a,b   Stow, Douglas ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Multiple Species Conservation Program City of San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Hydrologic change; Remote sensing; Soil salinity; Vegetation conversion; Watershed urbanization

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOIL TESTING; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

URBANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

FRESH WATER;

HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; LAGOON; LAND USE; MARSH; PHOTOGRAPHY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SALINITY; SEASON; SOIL; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WATERSHED; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

RIPARIA;

CALIFORNIA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0038133153     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2849-6     Document Type: Article

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