A practical guide for the development of a wetland assessment method: The California experience

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-175

  Sutula, Martha A ^a   Stein, Eric D ^a   Collins, Joshua N ^b   Fetscher, A Elizabeth ^a   Clark, Ross ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b San Francisco Bay Estuary Institute   (United States)

^c California Coastal Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological condition; Monitoring; Rapid assessment; Riparian ecology; Riparian habitat; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL CONDITION; RAPID ASSESSMENT; RIPARIAN ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN HABITAT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; MONITORING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WETLANDS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; MONITORING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; RIPARIAN ZONE; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644757804     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb03831.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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