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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"National Wetlands Inventory"”.
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Environmental and Digital Data Analysis of the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Landscape Position Classification System
The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) is the definitive source for wetland resources in the United States. The NWI production unit in Hadley, MA has begun to upgrade their digital map database, integrating descriptors for assessment of wetland functions. Updating is conducted manually and some …
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Evaluating Surface Area-Basin Volume Relationships for Prairie Potholes
… two potholes were separated according to their National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) classification and tested using chi squared. T and F tests on the separate classes verified if the populations have a different mean and variance. Difference in depth, in particular, suggests that the two most …
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Demographics of Western South Dakota Wetlands and Basins
<p>Wetlands, whether natural or man-made in origin, are an important feature of the semiarid landscape of western South Dakota. These wetlands have numerous social and economic values and functions for both landowners and non-owners, as well as for fish and wildlife species. For this reason, …
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Assessing the Effect of Wetland Connectivity on In-Stream Nitrate Concentrations Using an Integrated Wetland-River Network
… from waterbodies through denitrification with wetlands being the most effective due to their long residence time. Wetland restoration has the potential to remove nitrate from small portions of the landscape. The question is how to place wetlands to most effectively remove nitrate across a …
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Demographics of Eastern South Dakota Wetlands and Wetland Basins and Techniques for Estimating the Area and Number of Wetland Basins
<p>Circa 1984, wetlands and deepwater habitats mapped by the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) covered 899,277 ha, or 9.8% of eastern South Dakota. Of these 899,277 ha, palustrine system wetlands covered 720,704 ha or 80.1% of the total area, lacustrine system wetlands and deepwater habitats …
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Ecological Limitations and Potentials of Artificial Aquatic Systems
… Carolina Coastal Plain do not merely degrade wetlands; they themselves have ecological structural characteristics of wetlands. We surveyed 32 agricultural, freeway, and forested ditch reaches across this region for hydrologic indicators, soil organic matter, and plants. All showed some …