Coastal water quality in the Kihei and Lahaina districts of the island of Maui, Hawaiian Islands. Impacts from physical habitat and groundwater seepage: Implications for water quality standards

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 531-546

  Laws, Edward A ^a   Brown, Donna ^b   Peace, Corinne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Univ of Hawaii Maui Comm College   (United States)

^c Natioanl Park Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Groundwater; Habitat; Hawaii; Nutrients; Turbidity; Water pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRATES; TURBIDITY;

ISLANDS; ONSHORE; RESUSPENSION; SHORELINE;

WATER QUALITY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; GROUNDWATER; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; NEPHELOMETRY; NITRATE UPTAKE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOLID; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HAWAIIA;

EID: 11244287325     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2004.005908     Document Type: Article

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