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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Fischer, Richard A., Jr., 1964- | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Martin, Chester O. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Ratti, John T. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Guidice, John | en_US |
| dc.creator | University of Idaho. College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Sciences | en_US |
| dc.creator | Environmental Laboratory (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Ecosystem Management and Restoration Research Program (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-16T16:15:58Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-16T16:15:58Z | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-01 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.govdoc | ERDC TN-EMRRP-SR-25 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/3950 | en_US |
| dc.description | Technical Note | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Riparian zones occur throughout the United States as long strips of vegetation adjacent to streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and other inland aquatic systems that affect or are affected by the presence of water. This vegetation contributes to unique ecosystems that perform a large variety of ecological functions. Unfortunately, considerable variation is associated with riparian terminology, similar to problems associated with wetlands terminology (Mitsch and Gosselink 1993). This can lead to confusion when people attempt to communicate about riparian zones, particularly if they come from different disciplinary backgrounds. The goals of this paper are to promote awareness of this problem by describing variation associated with semantics in riparian terminology, to explain why this contributes to confusion, to show the importance of attempting to standardize this terminology, and to suggest ways that natural resource professionals can better describe what comprises a riparian ecosystem. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Ecosystem Management and Restoration Research Program (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 7 pages/332 KBs | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | PDF/A | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.relation | http://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/1004295 | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Technical Note (Ecosystem Management and Restoration Research Program (U.S.)) ; no. ERDC TN-EMRRP-SR-25 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited | en_US |
| dc.source | This Digital Resources was created in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat | en_US |
| dc.subject | Riparian areas--Terms and phrases | en_US |
| dc.subject | Plants--Terms and phrases | en_US |
| dc.subject | Riparian areas | en_US |
| dc.subject | Plants | en_US |
| dc.title | Riparian terminology: confusion and clarification | en_US |
| dc.type | Report | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Technical Note | |
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| ERDC-TN-EMRRP-SR-25.pdf | 328.45 kB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |