A Watershed Integrity Definition and Assessment Approach to Support Strategic Management of Watersheds

River Research and Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1654-1671

  Flotemersch, J E ^a   Leibowitz, S G ^a   Hill, R A ^b   Stoddard, J L ^a   Thoms, M C ^c   Tharme, R E ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

healthy watersheds; index of watershed integrity; IWI; scale; sustainability; watershed management

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

EID: 84949680832     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2978     Document Type: Article

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