Effects of hydrogeomorphic region, catchment storage and mature forest on baseflow and snowmelt stream water quality in second-order Lake Superior Basin tributaries

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 912-927

  Detenbeck, Naomi E ^a   Elonen, Colleen M ^a   Taylor, Debra L ^a   Anderson, Leroy E ^a   Jicha, Terri M ^a   Batterman, Sharon L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment; Classification; Lake Superior; Tributaries; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SNOWMELT; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0038559598     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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