Assessing Man's Impact on Wetlands,

Abstract

Document provides background discussions of Federal interest in wetlands and summary of evaluation techniques used in the Government and private sectors to evaluate the impacts of various activities on the wetland environment. The characteristics of an ideal evaluation system are defined and a Wetland Evaluation System (WES) is described. The Wetland Evaluation System is applied in abbreviated case studies to cnstruction in the Yazoo Basin in Mississippi and the Neuse River Estuaries of North Carolina. Typical outputs of the WES are provided. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA094652

Entities

People

  • G. E. Galloway Jr

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cells
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Drainage Basins
  • Economic Analysis
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fish
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • Medical Personnel
  • Natural Resources
  • Personnel Management
  • Topography
  • Water Resources
  • Wildlife

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.