Linking land cover and water quality in New York City's water supply watersheds

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 29-44

  Mehaffey, Megan H ^a   Nash, M S ^a   Wade, T G ^a   Ebert, D W ^a   Jones, K B ^a   Rager, A ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Lockheed Environmental Systems and Technologies Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use planning; Landscapes; Satellite imagery; Water quality; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WATERS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPES; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

WATERSHEDS;

DRINKING WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

LAND USE PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FERTILIZERS; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; DELAWARE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24044497261     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-2018-5     Document Type: Article

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