Nonpoint Source Water Quality Trading outcomes: Landscape-scale patterns and integration with watershed management priorities.

Journal of Environmental Management
Linnea SabyJonathan L Goodall

Abstract

Nonpoint source (NPS) water quality trading (WQT) has been lauded as a way to reduce water pollution while mitigating costs, but NPS WQT programs often do not account for cumulative landscape-scale impacts to hydrological and ecological processes. In this work, we parameterize the landscape-scale patterns of an emerging NPS WQT market in Virginia (n = 606 transactions) and describe potential tradeoffs and synergies. We also examine program outcomes in the context of Virginia's spatially-explicit conservation and restoration priorities, and discuss ways in which NPS WQT integrates or fails to integrate with these state-level watershed management goals. These spatial and policy analyses demonstrate novel ways to evaluate NPS WQT programs. Our results reveal how NPS WQT has influenced Virginia land management patterns in practice. Specifically, we show that this program has encouraged the transfer of water quality Best Management Practices (BMPs) from urban to rural areas. Impact sites are often far from mitigation sites, at an average of 164.6 km apart measured along the stream network and most often migrated outside the 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Code watershed boundaries. We also find opportunity for improved integration with the ...Continue Reading

References

May 17, 2006·Trends in Ecology & Evolution·Jason P KayeRichard V Pouyat
Jul 3, 2007·Environmental Management·Todd BenDor, Nicholas Brozović
Jun 21, 2008·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·Emily S BernhardtPhilip E Berke
Dec 17, 2008·Environmental Health : a Global Access Science Source·Stephanie K MooreLora E Fleming
Dec 18, 2009·Ecological Applications : a Publication of the Ecological Society of America·Todd BenDorMartin W Doyle
Apr 22, 2011·Journal of Environmental Management·Gaurav GhoshJames Shortle
Jun 8, 2014·Journal of Environmental Management·Juliana CorralesFernando Miralles-Wilhelm
Mar 30, 2017·Journal of Environmental Management·Juliana CorralesFernando Miralles-Wilhelm
Jan 30, 2018·Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology·Francesco AccatinoMarian Weber
Mar 5, 2018·Journal of Environmental Management·Subhasis GiriZhen Zhang
Sep 21, 2018·Nature·William R L AndereggNicole Zenes
Jan 1, 2018·Journal of the American Water Resources Association·Matthew T HeberlingChristopher T Nietch
Feb 15, 2020·Harmful Algae·Andrew W Griffith, Christopher J Gobler

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Matthew T HeberlingChristopher T Nietch
Water Science and Technology : a Journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Emad MahjoobiMojtaba Ardestani
Forschende Komplementärmedizin und klassische Naturheilkunde = Research in complementary and natural classical medicine
H Walach
Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
A Z Zaidi, S M deMonsabert
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved