INDEX wetland

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The index approach presented provides a simple strategy for integrated evaluation of impacts on wetlands, using soil biogeochemical processes and parameters as potential indicators. Although... 

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Figure 9.14. Relationship between McKnight et al. (2001) fluorescence index (FI) (a, b) and freshness index (jS/0 ) (c, d) to characteristics of land cover and nutrients for 34 watersheds. FI correlated positively with % of continuous cropland in the riparian zone (a) and negatively with % wetland in the riparian zone (square root transformed) (b) whereas (j8/a) correlated positively with both % of continuous cropland (c) and log total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) (d). These results support the ability of fluorescence indices to respond to changes in catchment and stream characteristics. (Adapted from Wilson and Xenopoulos, 2009.)...

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