Development and assessment of a landscape-scale ecological threat index for the Lower Colorado River Basin

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-310

  Paukert, Craig P ^a,c   Pitts, Kristen L ^a,d   Whittier, Joanna B ^a,c   Olden, Julian D ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic threats; Ecological stressors; Freshwater conservation planning; Lower Colorado River Basin

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; LAND USE; RIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC THREATS; COLORADO RIVER BASIN; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL HEALTH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOLOGICAL STRESSORS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; NATIVE SPECIES;

COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA];

PISCES;

EID: 78149418051     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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