Balancing the Ecological Function of Residential Stormwater Ponds with Homeowner Landscaping Practices

Environmental Management

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 843-856

  Monaghan, Paul ^a   Hu, Shangchun ^b   Hansen, Gail ^a   Ott, Emily ^a   Nealis, Charles ^a   Morera, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Cooperative extension; Focus groups; Landscape aesthetics; Nutrient management; Social marketing

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; COMMERCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOOD CONTROL; HOUSING; MARKETING; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PONDS; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; COOPERATIVE EXTENSION; FOCUS GROUPS; LANDSCAPE AESTHETICS; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL MARKETINGS;

LAKES;

FERTILIZER; STORM WATER;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTHETICS; FLOOD CONTROL; HOMEOWNER; POND; SHORELINE; STORMWATER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GRASS; HUMAN; LANDSCAPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PLANT; POND; SOCIAL MARKETING; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; FLORIDA; HOUSING; PROCEDURES; URBANIZATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS; FLORIDA; HOUSING; PONDS; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84987622650     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-016-0752-9     Document Type: Article

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