An environmental assessment of an impacted, urbanized watershed: The Mona Lake watershed, Michigan

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-144

  Steinman, Alan ^a   Rediske, Rick ^a   Denning, Rod ^a   Nemeth, Lori ^a   Chu, Xuefeng ^a   Uzarski, Don ^a   Biddanda, Bopi ^a   Luttenton, Mark ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminated sediments; Eutrophication; Michigan; Mona Lake; Nonpoint source pollution; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

MICHIGAN; MONA LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745838286     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0166-0117     Document Type: Article

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