Compensatory Mitigation for Streams Under the Clean Water Act: Reassessing Science and Redirecting Policy

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 494-509

  Doyle, Martin W ^a   Douglas Shields, F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Environmental regulations; Rivers streams; Stream restoration; Water policy

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT WATERS; AQUATIC ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CHANNEL RESTORATION; CLEAN WATER ACT; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HIGH RATE; LANDSCAPE CONTEXT; PHYSICAL HABITAT; POLICY CHANGES; RESTORATION PROCESS; RESTORATION PROJECT; RIVERS/STREAMS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREAM RESTORATION; STREAM RESTORATION PROJECTS; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; WATER POLICIES; WATERSHED LANDS;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAND USE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

RESTORATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE; POLICY MAKING; STREAM; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861777377     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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