Effect of environmental setting on sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentrations in Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin, North Carolina and Virginia, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 887-903

  Mcmahon, G ^a   Harned, D A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental setting; Nutrients; Sediment; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

DRAINAGE; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032211028     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900156     Document Type: Article

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