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- Title
Ecological benefits of riparian reforestation in urban watersheds: study design and preliminary results
- Authors
Hession, W. C.; Compton, A. M.; Coulter, N.; Fuselier, L.; Clason, T.; Cianfrani, C.; Marshall, B. D.; Kreeger, D. A.; Hart, D. D.; Velinsky, D. J.; Charles, D. F.; Newbold, J. D.; Pizzuto, J. E.; Horwitz, R.J.; Johnson, T. E.
- Abstract
Riparian forest restoration has become a major focus of watershed initiatives to improve degraded stream ecosystems. In urban watersheds,however, the ability of riparian forests to improve stream ecosystems may be diminished due to widespread, upland disturbance. This paperpresents the methodology and some preliminary results from the firstyear of fieldwork on a 3-year project designed to assess the ecological benefits of riparian reforestation in urban watersheds. The studyis based on an integrated, multidisciplinary sampling of physical, chemical, and biological attributes at forested and non-forested sections of 12 streams with different amounts of urban development within their watersheds. Restored sections of three streams are also being monitored over the 3-year duration of the project. Sampling and analysis will continue through December 2000.
- Subjects
ECOSYSTEM management; FORESTS &; forestry; RIVER ecology; WATER quality monitoring
- Publication
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 1999, Vol 57, Issue 1, p211
- ISSN
0167-6369
- Publication type
Article