Improved methods for quantifying potential nutrient interception by riparian buffers

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1327-1345

  Baker, Matthew E ^a,b   Weller, Donald E ^a   Jordan, Thomas E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land cover; Landscape metrics; Nutrient filters; Riparian buffers; Topographic analysis

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GIS; LAND COVER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749337755     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-006-0020-0     Document Type: Article

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