Relating nutrient discharges from watersheds to land use and streamflow variability

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2579-2590

  Jordan, Thomas E ^a   Correll, David L ^a   Weller, Donald E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; NUTRIENT DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

COASTAL PLAIN; PIEDMONT; USA;

AERODYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; WATERSHEDS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; COASTAL PLAIN; NUTRIENT DISCHARGES; STATISTICAL MODELING; STREAMFLOW VARIABILITY; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WEIGHTED MEAN;

RUNOFF;

EID: 0030693830     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR02005     Document Type: Article

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