Monitoring and assessment of a river restoration project in central New York

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-233

  Buchanan, B P ^a   Walter, M T ^a   Nagle, G N ^a   Schneider, R L ^a,b  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Instream structures; Monitoring; River restoration; Soil bioengineering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODPLAIN; HEURISTICS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856285171     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1453     Document Type: Article

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