Cost effectiveness of vegetative filter strips and instream half-logs for ecological restoration

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1349-1361

  Frimpong, Emmanuel A ^a,b   Lee, John G ^a   Sutton, Trent M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer strips; Index of Biotic Integrity; Land use; Restoration; Warm water streams; Water quality economics

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; RESTORATION; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

BUFFER STRIPS; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; WARM WATER STREAMS; WATER QUALITY ECONOMICS;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); LAND USE; RESTORATION; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BASELINE SURVEY; COST; ESTIMATION METHOD; FILTER; FISH; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INSTREAM FLOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STREAMWATER; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WABASH RIVER;

IBIS;

EID: 33845291488     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb05617.x     Document Type: Article

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