Calibration of the Delaware Rapid Assessment Protocol to a comprehensive measure of wetland condition

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1011-1022

  Sifneos, Jean C ^a   Herlihy, Alan T ^a   Jacobs, Amy D ^b   Kentula, Mary E ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double sampling; Inland Bays; Monitoring; Multiple regression; Nanticoke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897580477     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0093-z     Document Type: Article

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