Rapid assessment of urban wetlands: Do hydrogeomorphic classification and reference criteria work?

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 725-742

  Stander, Emilie K ^a,b   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; HGM; Reference standard; Urban; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

A-PRIORI; CURRENT PRACTICES; DENITRIFICATION RATES; FORESTED WETLANDS; HGM; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; IN-SITU; NEW JERSEY , USA; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN MINERALIZATIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAPID ASSESSMENTS; REFERENCE STANDARD; URBAN; URBAN LANDSCAPES; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS; WATER TABLE LEVELS; WET CONDITIONS; WETLAND CLASSIFICATIONS; WETLAND FUNCTIONS;

AQUIFERS; DENITRIFICATION; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MINERALOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; STANDARDS; WATER;

WETLANDS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES; WETLANDS;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62549104228     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9211-6     Document Type: Article

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