Surface water quality: Impacts of golf courses on macroinvertebrate community structure in Precambrian Shield streams

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2015-2025

  Winter, Jennifer G ^a,b   Somers, Keith M ^b   Dillon, Peter J ^a   Paterson, Carolyn ^a   Reid, Ron A ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; IONS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

LAND MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; FOREST; GRASS; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEASUREMENT; SPORT; TREE; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIPODA; CULICIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; MEGALOPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TROMBIDIFORMES; TURBELLARIA; ZYGOPTERA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; GOLF; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 2242424515     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2002.2015     Document Type: Article

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