Identification of Putative Geographically Isolated Wetlands of the Conterminous United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 705-722

  Lane, Charles R ^a   D'Amico, Ellen ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Data management; Geospatial analysis; Palustrine wetlands; Rivers streams lakes; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITIES; GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PALUSTRINE; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; CONNECTIVITY; DATA MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOLATED POPULATION; METAPOPULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84964329437     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12421     Document Type: Article

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