Convergent Surface Water Distributions in U.S. Cities

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 685-697

  Steele, M K ^a   Heffernan, J B ^a   Bettez, N ^b   Cavender Bares, J ^c   Groffman, P M ^b   Grove, J M ^d   Hall, S ^e   Hobbie, S E ^c   Larson, K ^e   Morse, J L ^f   Neill, C ^g   Nelson, K C ^c   O'Neil Dunne, J ^h   Ogden, L ⁱ   Pataki, D E ^j   Polsky, C ^k   Roy Chowdhury, R ^l  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^k CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

cities; convergence; hydrography; surface water; urban streams; urban water bodies; urbanization

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SURFACE WATER; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901240511     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9751-y     Document Type: Article

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