Inventorying and monitoring wetland condition and restoration potential on a watershed basis with examples from Spring Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 673-687

  Brooks, Robert P ^a   Wardrop, Denice Heller ^a   Cole, Charles Andrew ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogeomorphic Functional Assessment; Pennsylvania; Reference wetlands; Restoration; Watershed; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOMORPHIC FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; REFERENCE WETLANDS; WETLAND MONITORING MATRIX (WMM);

ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RESTORATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATERSHEDS;

WETLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RELIABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; STANDARD; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; PENNSYLVANIA; POLICY MAKING; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; SPRING CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749012815     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0389-y     Document Type: Article

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