Comparative effects of poultry and swine waste lagoon spills on the quality of receiving streamwaters

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1622-1631

  Mallin, Michael A ^a   Burkholder, JoAnn M ^b   McIver, Matthew R ^a   Shank, G Christopher ^a   Glasgow Jr , Howard B ^b   Touchette, Brant W ^b   Springer, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; RAIN; WASTES; WATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SWINE WASTE LAGOON SPILLS; TURBIDITY;

WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POULTRY; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031280537     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600060023x     Document Type: Article

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