The impact of urban patterns on aquatic ecosystems: An empirical analysis in Puget lowland sub-basins

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-361

  Alberti, Marina ^a   Booth, Derek ^b   Hill, Kristina ^a   Coburn, Bekkah ^a   Avolio, Christina ^b   Coe, Stefan ^a   Spirandelli, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Benthic index of biotic integrity; Impervious surface; Land cover; Land use; Landscape pattern; Spatial metrics; Urbanization; Watershed function

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; LAND USE; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BENTHIC INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LAND COVER; SPATIAL METRICS; WATERSHED FUNCTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; WATER SHEDS;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET LOWLAND; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 34247165130     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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