Buried streams: Uncovering a potential threat to aquatic ecosystems

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-41

  Stammler, Katie L ^a   Yates, Adam G ^a   Bailey, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Enclosure; Freshwater ecosystems; GIS; Ontario; Stream burial

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; ENCLOSURES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; MANAGEMENT PROJECTS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ONTARIO; REGIONAL LANDSCAPES; STREAM BURIAL;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CATCHMENT; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL TYPE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84876703684     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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