Causes and Consequences of Ecosystem Service Regionalization in a Coastal Suburban Watershed

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-34

  Wollheim, W M ^a   Green, M B ^b,c   Pellerin, B A ^d   Morse, N B ^a   Hopkinson, C S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Historical; Nitrogen regulation; Regionalization; Sources; Water supply; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878454479     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9646-8     Document Type: Article

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