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Inadequate Monitoring and Inappropriate Project Goals: A Case Study on the Determination of Success for the Forester Creek Improvement Project

Chad Loflen, Hannah Hettesheimer, Lilian B. Busse, Kayo Watanabe, Richard M. Gersberg and Volker Lüderitz
Ecological Restoration, June 2016, 34 (2) 124-134; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.34.2.124
Chad Loflen
Corresponding author State of California Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region, 92108 CA, San Diego, USA, .
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Hannah Hettesheimer
Department of Water- and Waste-Management, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany.
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Lilian B. Busse
State of California Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region, 92108 CA, San Diego. Present Address: Division of Environmental Health and Protection of Ecosystems, German Environment Agency, 06844 Dessau, Germany.
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Kayo Watanabe
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
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Richard M. Gersberg
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
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Volker Lüderitz
Department of Water- and Waste-Management, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany.
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Chad Loflen, Hannah Hettesheimer, Lilian B. Busse, Kayo Watanabe, Richard M. Gersberg, Volker Lüderitz
Ecological Restoration Jun 2016, 34 (2) 124-134; DOI: 10.3368/er.34.2.124
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