An integrated approach to assess broad-scale condition of coastal wetlands - The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Wetlands pilot survey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 21-29

  Nestlerode, Janet A ^a   Engle, Virginia D ^a   Bourgeois, Pete ^b   Heitmuller, Paul T ^b   Macauley, John M ^a   Allen, Yvonne C ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Condition assessment; Gulfof Mexico; Multi scale assessment approach; Regional pilot study

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLANDS; CONDITION ASSESSMENT; GULFOF MEXICO; MULTI-SCALE ASSESSMENT APPROACH; REGIONAL PILOT STUDY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STEEL BRIDGES; SURVEYS; WATERSHEDS;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLAND; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PILOT PROJECTS; SEAWATER; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WETLANDS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 60349094114     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0668-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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