Integrated risk and recovery monitoring of ecosystem restorations on contaminated sites

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 284-295

  Hooper, Michael J ^a   Glomb, Stephen J ^b   Harper, David D ^a   Hoelzle, Timothy B ^c   Mcintosh, Lisa M ^d   Mulligan, David R ^e  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment   (United States)

^c Great Ecology   (United States)

^d Woodard and Curran   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contaminated sites; Ecological restoration; Ecosystem service; Monitoring; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84957607889     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1731     Document Type: Article

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