Integrating forest biomass and distance from channel to develop an indicator of riparian condition

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-55

  Rheinhardt, Richard ^a   Brinson, Mark ^a   Meyer, Gregory ^a   Miller, Kevin ^a,b,c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources   (United States)

^c Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Biomass; Buffer; Condition; Inverse distance weighting; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AGE-RELATED; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ASSESSMENT; BUFFER; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL PLAIN; CONDITION; COVER TYPES; ENERGY SOURCE; FOREST BIOMASS; HEAD WATERS; INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTING; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LOW ORDER; MATURE FOREST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; POLLUTION REMOVAL; RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES; RIPARIAN ZONES; ROOT EXUDATES; ROOT ZONE; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STAND AGE; STREAM CHANNELS; TOTAL BIOMASS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION; REFORESTATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; BUFFER ZONE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL PLAIN; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EXUDATION; FOREST COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RHIZOSPHERE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEDIMENT TRAP; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM CHANNEL; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859393033     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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