Watershed Assessments and Identification of Restoration Needs

Stream and Watershed Restoration: A Guide to Restoring Riverine Processes and Habitats

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 50-113

  Beechie, Tim ^a   Pess, George ^a   Morley, Sarah ^a   Butler, Lucy ^b   Downs, Peter ^c   Maltby, Alistair ^d   Skidmore, Peter ^e   Clayton, Steve ^f   Muhlfeld, Clint ^g   Hanson, Karrie ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Newton Rigg College   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d The Rivers Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e Skidmore Restoration Consulting   (United States)

^f CH2M HILL   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat assessment typing, assessments into restorative actions; Legislation supporting river restoration; Restoration goal, assessment in identifying objectives; Restoration goals in guiding watershed assessments; Riverine ecosystems and landscape land use evaluation; Watershed assessment, cause effect in watershed processes; Watershed assessments and restoration needs identification; Watershed geology, topography, controlling restoration limits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888733860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118406618.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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