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Over the past century in the southwestern United States human actions have altered hydrological processes that shape riparian ecosystems. One change, release of treated wastewater into waterways, has created perennial base flows and increased nutrient availability in ephemeral or intermittent channels.
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- White, Margaret Susan (Author)
- Stromberg, Juliet C. (Thesis advisor)
- Fisher, Stuart G. (Committee member)
- White, Dave (Committee member)
- Holway, James (Committee member)
- Wu, Jianguo (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2011
Subjects
- Ecology
- Water resources management
- Sustainability
- decision making
- effluent
- riparian ecosystems
- river
- treated wastewater
- Water Policy
- Sewage disposal in rivers, lakes, etc
- Riparian ecology--Effect of human beings on--Arizona.
- Riparian ecology
- Riparian plants--Effect of human beings on--Arizona.
- Riparian plants
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- Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2011Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-210)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: Plant biology
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by Margaret Susan White