A watershed-level ecological risk assessment methodology

Water Resources Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1039-1054

  Hession, W Cully ^a   Storm, Daniel E ^b   Haan, C Thomas ^b   Burks, Sterling L ^c   Matlock, Marty D ^d  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box 586   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic ecosystems; modeling statistics; nonpoint source pollution; risk analysis; uncertainty; water quality; watershed management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

EID: 0030272446     PISSN: 00431370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1996.tb04072.x     Document Type: Article

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