A multi-scale approach to prioritize wetland restoration for watershed-level water quality improvement

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 695-706

  Flanagan, Neal E ^a   Richardson, Curtis J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision; Prioritize; Restoration; Water quality; Watershed; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY MODELING; FRAGMENTATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; PRIORITIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; THRESHOLD; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

EID: 78649800249     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-010-9188-9     Document Type: Article

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