Predicting wetland plant community responses to proposed water-level-regulation plans for Lake Ontario: GIS-based modeling

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 751-773

  Wilcox, Douglas A ^a   Xie, Yichun ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized wetland geometric models; GIS modeling; Lake level regulation plans; Mathematical modeling; Plant community profile

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER; WETLANDS;

GIS MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY PROFILES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GIS; MARSH; MEADOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349002786     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[751:PWPCRT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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