Ground water dependence of endangered ecosystems: Nebraska's eastern saline wetlands

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 736-752

  Harvey, F Edwin ^a   Ayers, Jerry F ^a   Gosselin, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; SALINE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; SALINE WETLANDS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BEETLE; DISCHARGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PENNSYLVANIAN; RECHARGE; SALINITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SALINITY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NEBRASKA; SALINITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

DAKOTA AQUIFER; LANCASTER COUNTY [NEBRASKA]; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SAUNDERS COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 35648998563     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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