A hydrologic connectivity index for jurisdictional analysis of headwater streams in a montane watershed

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Caruso, Brian S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Headwaters; Intermittent and Ephemeral Streams; Jurisdiction; Mountains

Indexed keywords

WATERSHEDS;

CONNECTIVITY; EPHEMERAL STREAMS; HEADWATERS; JURISDICTION; MOUNTAINS;

RIVERS;

SURFACE WATER;

EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLOW FIELD; HEADWATER; MOUNTAIN STREAM; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY INDEX; HYDROLOGY; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATERSHED; ALTITUDE; CHEMISTRY; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; RIVER;

CEMENT CREEK; COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; COLORADO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84942311095     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4862-2     Document Type: Article

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