Evaluating stream restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed through practitioner interviews

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-572

  Hassett, Brooke A ^a,b   Palmer, Margaret A ^a,c   Bernhardt, Emily S ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Ecosystem management; Monitoring; Restoration; River; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MONITORING; RIVER; STAKEHOLDER; STREAM; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547463500     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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