A Case-Study Application of the Experimental Watershed Study Design to Advance Adaptive Management of Contemporary Watersheds
Abstract
:1. Challenges in Contemporary Watershed Management
1.1. Collaborative Adaptive Management
1.2. Environmental Monitoring to Improve Management
1.3. Contemporary Application of the Experimental Watershed Approach
2. Case Study: Hinkson Creek Watershed
2.1. Case Study Setting
2.2. Collaborative Adaptive Management
2.3. Experimental Watershed Design Outcomes
2.4. Identified Unrecognized and “Unknown” Sources of Impairment
3. Discussion
Synthesis and Implications
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Agricultural | 45.0 (57.0) | 56.4 (54.9) | 57.6 (49.5) | 78.5 (43.1) | 79.7 (38.4) | 85.4 (36.7) |
Forested | 28.4 (35.9) | 37.5 (36.4) | 41.1 (35.4) | 62.8 (34.5) | 68.6 (33.1) | 74.9 (32.2) |
Urban | 3.7 (4.7) | 6.6 (6.4) | 15 (13.0) | 37.1 (20.4) | 54.9 (26.5) | 67.6 (29.0) |
Wetland | 1.9 (2.4) | 2.4 (2.3) | 2.5 (2.1) | 3.6 (2.0) | 4.4 (2.0) | 4.9 (2.1) |
Total area | 79.0 | 102.9 | 116.2 | 182.0 | 207.5 | 232.8 |
Stream length § | 22.8 | 29.8 | 35.4 | 43.6 | 53.0 | 56.1 |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleHubbart, Jason A., Elliott Kellner, and Sean J. Zeiger. 2019. "A Case-Study Application of the Experimental Watershed Study Design to Advance Adaptive Management of Contemporary Watersheds" Water 11, no. 11: 2355. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112355