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River - Riparian Vegetation Interactions
The river and the riparian ecosystem are two dynamical systems which exhibit complex spatio-temporal interactions. Because of the possible implications for engineering works and environmental management, in recent times a number of studies has focused on this topic, considering both large- and …
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Riparian Restoration, Success Criteria, and Application to the BART Sabrecat Creek Riparian Restoration Project in Fremont, California
<p>Riparian restoration is a complex, inter-disciplinary field that is open to interpretation by its practitioners. This research reviews some of the critical elements of riparian restoration, including the watershed, surrounding land use, adjacent habitat, and riparian buffers; special-status …
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Dynamic vegetation Roughness in the riparian zone
Vegetation in the floodplain plays an important role in dictating the hydraulics of an open channel river system. While vegetation is beneficial to the biological productivity of the river system, it can also increase flood risk due to increased channel roughness. Traditional means of predicting …
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Assessing Cow Creek following a riparian restoration
… over 100 years but is currently the subject of a riparian restoration project by the Washington Department of Ecology. Fencing was installed to exclude cattle from the riparian corridor, but livestock practices in the watershed continue. I assessed the ecosystem health of Cow Creek using two …
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Interactions between hydrology and biogeochemistry within riparian wetlands
… the context of humanly mediated climate change. Riparian wetlands, as a transition zone between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, occupy large fractions of terrestrial ecosystems and provide important ecohydrological services. Due to their anoxic environments, riparian wetlands are able to …
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Urban Riparian Areas: Ecological And Streamside-Ordinance Assessments
… can be used to spatially target and maintain the riparian areas of highest ecological integrity. Alternatively, the index can be used to spatially identify areas of highest ecological impairment, and the likely causes of the impairment, so that the conditions can be addressed.
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Financial agents, water quality and riparian forest buffers
… source pollution, which can be decreased by riparian forest buffers. In an effort to investigate the attitudes of financial professionals (bankers, land appraisers, realtors, etc.) regarding water quality and riparian buffers, a mail-out survey was conducted in 2001 in the Mark Twain Lake …
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The Ecology of Land Managers in Riparian Restoration
… study, I used data from 244 sites across the riparian Southwest US where the invasive shrubby tree <em>Tamarix sp</em>. was removed using various different methods. I surveyed and interviewed the 45 land managers who were responsible for the removal projects to determine their characteristics, …
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Quantifying carbon sequestration for riparian-zone restoration in Ecuador
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Biological Phosphorus Solubilisation in Riparian Vegetated Buffer Strip Soils.
… Minimising P transfer by establishing riparian 'vegetated buffer strips' is becoming increasingly popular, as they have been shown to reduce total P delivery to streams. However, an uncertainty remains about how buffer strips alter the delivery of dissolved forms of P, which may be …
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Environmental Gradients Impact Key Leaf Traits in Riparian Trees
… with the LES, we studied the response of two riparian tree species along the urban-rural gradient in Northeastern Colorado: an invasive, nitrogen-fixer with broad tolerances and a nitrogen-limited and shade-intolerant native. Despite these differences, the two species responded similarly, …
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Water sourcing by riparian tree species in ephemaral rivers
… ephemeral rivers will affect the distribution of riparian vegetation as trees provide valuable fodder, shade, firewood and construction material in otherwise inhospitable surroundings. Climate change, population growth and development needs all place growing pressure on these water-limited …
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Riparian landowners' perceptions of recreational use of Virginia's waterways
… determine the background characteristics of the riparian landowners of Virginia, to identify any problems with river recreationists, and to explore their attitudes toward recreational boating on their river and toward scenic river designations. During the summer of 1977 a mailback questionnaire …
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