Mapping groundwater dependent ecosystems in California

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Howard, Jeanette ^a   Merrifield, Matt ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEP; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER); SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATERSHED; WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; WATER; WETLANDS;

EID: 77955299576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011249     Document Type: Article

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