A monitoring and assessment framework to evaluate stream restoration needs in urbanizing watersheds

Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers

Volumn 342, Issue , 2009, Pages 3732-3742

  Schwartz, John S ^a   Niezgoda, Sue L ^b   Slate, Louise O ^c   Carpenter, Donald D ^d   Annable, William K ^e   Wynn, Tess M ^f   Pomeroy, Christine ^g   McPhillips, Munsell ^h  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MACTEC Engineering and Consulting Inc   (United States)

^d Civil Engineering Department ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^g University of Utah   (United States)

^h Intuition and Logic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CORRECTIVE MEASURES; IMPAIRED STREAMS; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; PROJECT SCOPE; RESTORATION PROJECT; RIVER RESTORATION; SEDIMENT LOADS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; STREAM RESTORATION; STREAM RESTORATION PROJECTS; TMDL ALLOCATION; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; URBAN STREAM; URBAN STREAM RESTORATION; URBAN WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHED PLANNING; WATERSHED PLANS;

ECOLOGY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; RESTORATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 70350154959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41036(342)375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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