Landscape characteristics affecting streams in urbanizing regions of the Delaware River Basin (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, U.S.)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1489-1503

  Riva Murray, Karen ^a   Riemann, Rachel ^b   Murdoch, Peter ^a   Fischer, Jeffrey M ^a   Brightbill, Robin ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Forest Inventory and Analysis Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Impervious surface; Land cover; Land use; Landscape pattern; Macroinvertebrate; Urbanization; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STREAM; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

DELAWARE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049263329     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9513-y     Document Type: Article

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