Wetlands, Chapter 17

T.L. Greaver; L. Liu; R. Bobbink

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Wetlands, Chapter 17

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Authors:

T.L. Greaver, L. Liu, R. Bobbink

Year:

2011

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Pardo, L.H.; Robin-Abbott, M.J.; Driscoll, C.T., eds. Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects and empirical critical loads of Nitrogen for ecoregions of the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-80. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 193-208.

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Abstract

The U.S. Clean Water Act defines wetlands as "those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions".

Parent Publication

Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects and empirical critical loads of Nitrogen for ecoregions of the United States

Citation

Greaver, T.L.; Liu, L.; Bobbink, R. 2011. Wetlands, Chapter 17. In: Pardo, L.H.; Robin-Abbott, M.J.; Driscoll, C.T., eds. Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects and empirical critical loads of Nitrogen for ecoregions of the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-80. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 193-208.