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Web URL(s): | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/pdfs/23/5/JEQ0230050878 Last checked: 12/12/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Notes: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Castelle, A. J.;
Conolly, C.;
Johnson, A. W. |
Author Affiliation: | Adolfson Associates, Seattle, WA; Aquatic Resource Consultants, Seattle, WA |
Title: | Wetland and stream buffer size requirements-a review |
Source: | Journal of Environmental Quality. Vol. 23, No. 5, September/October 1994, p. 878-882. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America |
# of Pages: | 5 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Wetlands; Buffers; Filter strips; Injuries; Protection
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Abstract/Contents: | "Upland vegetated buffers are widely regarded as being necessary to protect wetlands, streams, and other aquatic resources. Buffer size requirements, however, have typically been established by political acceptability, not scientific merit. This often leads to insufficiently buffered aquatic resources. In order to assist public agencies in formulating appropriate buffer standards, we conducted a literature search of the scientific functions of buffers. The literature search reconfirmed the need for buffers and emphasized the importance of considering specific buffer functions. A range of buffer widths from 3 m to 200 m was found to be effective, depending on site-specific conditions; a buffer of at least 15 m was found to be necessary to protect wetlands and streams under most conditions." |
Language: | English |
References: | 39 |
See Also: | Other items relating to: FILTER
Other items relating to: Buffer Zones |
Note: | Figures |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Castelle, A. J., C. Conolly, and A. W. Johnson. 1994. Wetland and stream buffer size requirements-a review. J. Environ. Qual. 23(5):p. 878-882. |
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