Riparian zones possess an unusually diverse array of species and environmental
processes. The ecological diversity is related to variable flood regimes, geographically …

Freshwater wetlands alter surface water quality in ways which benefit downstream use. This
review summarizes the mechanisms of freshwater wetland interaction with sediment and …

SUMMARY 1 A review is presented of the literature on riparian vegetated buffer strips (VBS)
for use in stream‐water‐quality restoration and limitations associated with their use are …

Riparian buffers, the vegetated region adjacent to streams and wetlands, are thought to be
effective at intercepting and reducing nitrogen loads entering water bodies. Riparian buffer …

Agricultural pollution consists a serious concern for environmental protection managers.
Among the pollutants, nitrates, phosphoric compounds and organic pesticides from …

Data from 57 wetlands from around the world have been collated to investigate whether
wetlands affect the nutrient loading of waters draining through them; the majority of wetlands …

Paul G. Risser n the 1930s, scientists and natu-ral resource managers began to consider the
concept of ecotones. Ecotones-transitional areas be-tween adjacent ecological systems or …

Existem muitas dúvidas sobre qual foi o embasamento científico que permitiu definir os
parâmetros e os critérios da lei 4.771/65 de 15 de Setembro de 1965, mais conhecida como …

The Riparian, Channel and Environmental (RCE) Inventory has been developed to assess
the physical and biological condition of small streams in the lowland, agricultural landscape …

Three landscape attributes are likely to have strong effects on the rate-dependent processes
determining fish population dynamics in headwater streams:(1) functional interactions at …