Chemical loading into surface water along a hydrological, biogeochemical, and land use gradient: A holistic watershed approach

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 475-486

  Barber, Larry B ^a   Murphy, Sheila F ^a   Verplanck, Philip L ^b   Sandstrom, Mark W ^b   Taylor, Howard E ^a   Furlong, Edward T ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; IMPURITIES; LAND USE; LOADING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; GEOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; POPULATION DENSITY;

SURFACE WATERS;

BORON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GADOLINIUM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LITHIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; SNOW; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; IMPURITIES; LAND USE; LOADING; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; LAND USE; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ECOTYPE; EFFLUENT; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; STREAM (RIVER); URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

COLORADO; GEOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 31144454899     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051270q     Document Type: Article

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