HGM and wetland functional assessment: Six degrees of separation from the data?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 485-493

  Cole, Charles Andrew ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; HGM; Hydrogeomorphic; Rapid assessment; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATION; WETLANDS;

DEGREES OF SEPARATION; HGM; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; RAPID ASSESSMENT;

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT;

HYDRODYNAMICS; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646863465     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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