Aquatic condition response to riparian buffer establishment

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 927-935

  Teels, Billy M ^a   Rewa, Charles A ^a   Myers, John ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program; Fish assemblage; Index of Biotic Integrity; Northern Virginia; Practice effects; Riparian buffers; Riparian restoration; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BUFFER ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33845918097     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[927:ACRTRB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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