Development of a reference coastal wetland set in Southern New England (USA)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 583-598

  Wigand, Cathleen ^a   McKinney, Richard ^a   Chintala, Marnita ^a   Lussier, Suzanne ^a   Heltshe, James ^b  

^a National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition index; Ecosystem service; Erosion control; Eutrophication; Habitat value; Reference set; Salt marsh; Tipping point; Urbanization; Water quality maintenance

Indexed keywords

CONDITION INDEX; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EROSION CONTROL; REFERENCE SET; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; TIPPING POINT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; MAINTENANCE; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SOILS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EROSION CONTROL; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT; HYDROLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; PLANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALTMARSH; SOIL; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; SALT MARSH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; NEW ENGLAND; PLANTS; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; WETLANDS;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 74349112379     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0770-7     Document Type: Article

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