Conceptual model diagrams as evidence scaffolds for environmental assessment and management

Freshwater Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 231-239

  Norton, Susan B ^a   Schofield, Kate A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual models; Environmental assessment; Evidence; Evidence synthesis; Literature based; Mountaintop removal mining

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIAGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MINING;

EID: 85012917805     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/690296     Document Type: Article

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