Long-term impacts of land cover changes on stream channel loss

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 537, Issue , 2015, Pages 399-410

  Julian, Jason P ^a   Wilgruber, Nicholas A ^b   de Beurs, Kirsten M ^b   Mayer, Paul M ^c   Jawarneh, Rana N ^d  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Historical land use; Landscape planning; River discontinuity; Stream channel loss; Urban ecosystem impacts; Watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; URBAN GROWTH; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LONG-TERM IMPACTS; STREAM CHANNELS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; RIVER SYSTEM; STREAM CHANNEL; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SHEDS;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941280479     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.147     Document Type: Article

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