A GIS Model of Subsurface Water Potential for Aquatic Resource Inventory, Assessment, and Environmental Management

Environmental Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 706-719

  Baker, Matthew E ^a,b   Wiley, Michael J ^a   Carlson, Martha L ^a   Seelbach, Paul W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater hydrology; Modeling; Stream ecology; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

AQUATIC RESOURCE INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MODEL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

MICHIGAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642291072     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0018-1     Document Type: Article

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