Sentence examples for quality of wetlands from inspiring English sources
In 2001, the National Research Council of the U.S. National Academies determined that the corps was failing to meet that goal and that it needed better ways to assure the quality of wetlands restorations.
The water quality of wetlands is governed not only by natural variability in hydrology and other factors, but also by anthropogenic activities.
What is needed is a landscape approach to wetland conservation that considers not only the quality of wetlands and nearby terrestrial habitats, but also ensures that terrestrial corridors between wetlands remain permeable and offer safe passage for wildlife.
Knowledge of the best ecological predictors of the quality of wetland moss and vascular plant communities may determine if similar management practices would simultaneously enhance both populations.
CWANT employs empirically derived mathematical functions to represent a wetland water budget, water temperature, emergent vegetation, and algae dynamics, reactions involving important elements (N, P, CBOD5, and O), and ultimately the water quality of wetland outflow over time.
While environmental groups are hailing the study, which tries to rate the quality of artificial wetlands, builders grumble that clear direction from the state has been lacking.
Here we assessed the sediment quality of 98 constructed wetlands across an urban landscape and determined whether concentrations of pollutants present can be correlated to catchment land uses, geology or wetland age.
Lyndhurst commissioners said in the resolution that the Passaic's "long history of industrialization" had "resulted in degraded water quality, sediment contamination, loss of wetlands and abandoned or underutilized properties along its shores".
"We wanted to pull the community together," said Ms. Anderson, adding that the group's several dozen members aren't required to pay dues but do help tackle quality-of-life issues like making sure wetlands are protected from a nearby paving company and junkyard.
The effluent quality at outlet of wetland would also be higher than target values.
While experts had good agreement about the quality of severely degraded riverine wetlands, they had fair agreement when assessing the swales, and poor agreement when assessing the oak savannas.
