Open AccessWatersheds in Baltimore, Maryland: Understanding and Application of Integrated Ecological and Social Processes
Author(s) -
Pickett Steward T.A.,
Belt Kenneth T.,
Galvin Michael F.,
Groffman Peter M.,
Grove J.Morgan,
Outen Donald C.,
Pouyat Richard V.,
Stack William P.,
Cadenasso Mary L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of contemporary water research and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1936-704X
pISSN - 1936-7031
DOI - 10.1111/j.1936-704x.2007.mp136001006.x
Subject(s) - ecosystem , ecosystem services , environmental ethics , library science , ecology , computer science , biology , philosophy
The Water and Watersheds program has made significant and lasting contributions to the basic understanding of the complex ecological system of Baltimore, MD. Funded at roughly the same time as the urban Long- Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in Baltimore, the Water and Watersheds grant and the LTER grant together established the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) in 1997. This joint project took advantage of three conspicuous stream catchments and the direct harbor drainage in metropolitan Baltimore. Not only the watersheds themselves, but the community and political interest in those watersheds were crucial to the success and application of our project.