Quantifying process-based mitigation strategies in historical context: separating multiple cumulative effects on river meander migration.

Environmental legislation in the US (i.e. NEPA) requires defining baseline conditions on current rather than historical ecosystem conditions. For ecosystems with long histories of multiple environmental impacts, this baseline method can subsequently lead to a significantly altered environment; this...

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Main Authors: Alexander K Fremier, Evan H Girvetz, Steven E Greco, Eric W Larsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4070911?pdf=render