Structural equation-based latent growth curve modeling of watershed attribute-regulated stream sensitivity to reduced acidic deposition

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2086-2094

  Chen, Yushun ^a,b   Lin, Lian Shin ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Latent growth modeling (LGM); Stream sensitivity; Structural equation modeling (SEM); Watershed attributes

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC DEPOSITION; APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; BARREN LAND; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL TREND; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; GROWTH CURVES; GROWTH MODELING; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR; SOIL TYPES; STREAM SENSITIVITY; STREAM SITES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS; TIME PERIODS; TREND ANALYSIS;

DEPOSITION; HYDRAULICS; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

ACID DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ELEVATION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALE; SOIL TYPE; STREAM; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 77954538180     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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