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Blue corridor
Landscape structure
A linear landscape element organized around a river, stream, ditch, slough, or other watercourse and the associated hydrologically influenced landscape that contributes to ecological processes or connectivity along it. A blue corridor may vary in width and composition and may encompass aquatic, wetland, floodplain, and riparian elements.
Forman, R. T. T., & Godron, M. (1986). Landscape Ecology. John Wiley & Sons. Naiman, R. J., Décamps, H., & McClain, M. E. (2005). Riparia: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Streamside Communities. Elsevier Academic Press.
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