Locating existing best management practices within a watershed: The value of multiple methods

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 883-895

  Grady, Caitlin A ^a   Reimer, Adam P ^a   Frankenberger, Jane ^a   Prokopy, Linda Stalker ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Conservation Effects Assessment Project; Geospatial information; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTO INTERPRETATION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMPS); BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CONSERVATION EFFECTS; GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; MIXED-USE WATERSHED; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

WATERSHEDS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881103893     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12041     Document Type: Article

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