Hydrological connectivity via gully formation in tropical watersheds limits the effectiveness of riparian buffers in protecting streams

Maira Ometto Bezerra, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Solange Filoso, University of Maryland Center (UMCES CBL) for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, United States and Margaret Palmer, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, United States