Restoring rivers one reach at a time: Results from a survey of U.S. river restoration practitioners

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 482-493

  Bernhardt, Emily S ^a,b   Sudduth, Elizabeth B ^a,c   Palmer, Margaret A ^b,d   Allan, J David ^e   Meyer, Judy L ^c   Alexander, Gretchen ^d   Follastad Shah, Jennifer ^a,f   Hassett, Brooke ^a,b   Jenkinson, Robin ^g   Lave, Rebecca ^h   Rumps, Jeanne ^g   Pagano, Laura ^h  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Interviews; Monitoring; NRRSS; River restoration; Success

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER; SURVEY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847762939     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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