Geographically Isolated Wetlands: Rethinking a Misnomer

Wetlands

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 423-431

  Mushet, David M ^a   Calhoun, Aram J K ^b   Alexander, Laurie C ^c   Cohen, Matthew J ^d   DeKeyser, Edward S ^e   Fowler, Laurie ^f   Lane, Charles R ^c   Lang, Megan W ^g   Rains, Mark C ^h   Walls, Susan C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacency; Connectivity gradients; HGM; Hydrogeomorphic classification; Rapanos; SWANCC; Wetland classification; Wetland connectivity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; CONNECTIVITY; REGULATORY APPROACH; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930084476     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-015-0631-9     Document Type: Article

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