Averting degradation of southern Ontario wetlands due to hydrologic alterations associated with development

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 543-553

  Bradford, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTS; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE; WETLAND DEGRADATIONS; WETLAND HYDROLOGY;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84953272127     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2015.1119061     Document Type: Article

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