Extent of Stream Burial and Relationships to Watershed Area, Topography, and Impervious Surface Area
Stream burial—the routing of streams through culverts, pipes, and concrete lined channels, or simply paving them over—is common during urbanization, and disproportionately affects small, headwater streams. Burial undermines the physical and chemical processes governing life in streams, with conseque...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-11-01
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Series: | Water |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/8/11/538 |