Development of chemical index as a measure of in-stream water quality in response to land-use and land cover changes

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 161-179

  Tsegaye, T ^a   Sheppard, D ^a   Islam, K R ^b   Johnson, A ^c   Tadesse, W ^a   Atalay, A ^d   Marzen, L ^e  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virginia State University ^*

^d VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

LAND COVER; STREAM WATER; SURFACE RUNOFF; TEMPORAL WATER SAMPLING;

WATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LEAD; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDEX METHOD; INSTREAM FLOW; LAND COVER; LAND USE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; PH MEASUREMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHEELER LAKE BASIN;

EID: 33745877298     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9090-5     Document Type: Article

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