Development and validation of rapid assessment indices of condition for coastal tidal wetlands in southern New England, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 31-46

  Wigand, Cathleen ^a   Carlisle, Bruce ^b   Smith, Jan ^b   Carullo, Mark ^b   Fillis, Debora ^c   Charpentier, Michael ^a   McKinney, Richard ^a   Johnson, Roxanne ^a   Heltshe, James ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management   (United States)

^c Planning/Development/Environment/Transportation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Condition index; NERAM; Principal component analysis; Rapid assessment method; Salt marsh; Tidal wetland; validation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLANDS; CONDITION INDEX; NERAM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RAPID ASSESSMENT METHOD; SALT MARSH; TIDAL WETLANDS; VALIDATION;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING; RESTORATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

WETLANDS;

NITROGEN;

COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MODEL VALIDATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALTMARSH; WATERSHED;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEW ENGLAND RAPID ASSESSMENT METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETATION; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; PLANTS; SEAWATER; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054733229     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1856-y     Document Type: Article

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