A palaeoenvironmental reconstruction to aid in the restoration of floodplain and wetland habitat on an upper deltaic plain, California, USA

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-116

  Brown, K J ^a,b   Pasternack, G B ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta; Holocene; Pollen; Pollution; Restoration; Tidal freshwater wetland

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAND USE; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; TIDES; WETLANDS;

DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HOLOCENE; TIDAL FRESHWATER WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ARSENIC; LEAD; MERCURY; PHOSPHORUS;

DELTA; FLOODPLAIN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENTS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; POLLEN; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO BASIN; SAN JOAQUIN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25844470378     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689290500216X     Document Type: Article

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