Landscape template of New York City's drinking-water-supply watersheds

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 867-886

  Arscott, David B ^a,b   Dow, Charles L ^a   Sweeney, Bernard W ^a  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Forest; Land cover; Land use; Reach; Riparian; Urban; Watershed

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845305485     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)025[0867:LTONYC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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