To Restore or Not to Restore: Assessing Pre-project Conditions of a Habitat Restoration Project on the New River, North Carolina

Environmental Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 647-668

  Swinson, Bobbie ^a   Cockerill, Kristan ^a   Colby, Jeffrey ^a   Tuberty, Shea ^a   Gu, Chuanhui ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrate; Fish community; River management; Stream restoration; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; PARTICLE SIZE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; BENTHIC MACRO INVERTEBRATES; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISH COMMUNITIES; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STREAM RESTORATION;

RESTORATION;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISH; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; NEW RIVER [NORTH CAROLINA]; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84950311976     PISSN: 21987491     EISSN: 21987505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40710-015-0111-5     Document Type: Article

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