Long-term improvements in water quality due to sewage abatement in the lower Hudson River

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 890-900

  Brosnan, Thomas M ^a   O'Shea, Marie L ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TREND DETECTION;

USA, NEW YORK, HUDSON RIVER;

EID: 0030301964     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352305     Document Type: Article

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