Stream restoration strategies for reducing river nitrogen loads

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 529-538

  Craig, Laura S ^a   Palmer, Margaret A ^a,b   Richardson, David C ^a   Filoso, Solange ^b   Bernhardt, Emily S ^c   Bledsoe, Brian P ^d   Doyle, Martin W ^e   Groffman, Peter M ^f   Hassett, Brooke A ^c   Kaushal, Sujay S ^b   Mayer, Paul M ^g   Smith, Sean M ^h   Wilcock, Peter R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAM; WATERSHED;

EID: 45449104207     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070080     Document Type: Review

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