Assessing land use impacts on water quality using microbial source tracking

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1433-1448

  Long, Sharon C ^a   Plummer, Jeanine D ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use management; Microbial source tracking; Nonpoint source pollution; Rainfall event impacts; Seasonal impacts; Source water protection; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; RAIN; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LAND USE MANAGEMENT; RAIFALL EVENTS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

LAND USE;

LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

FORESTS; LAND USE; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 12244298951     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01597.x     Document Type: Article

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