Comparative water quality of lightly- and moderately-impacted streams in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 269-300

  Price, Katie ^a   Leigh, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Human impact; Landuse; Mountain stream; Stream; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMPACT; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LAND USE; STREAM; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREST; LAND USE; RIVER BASIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREAM (RIVER); STUDENT T TEST; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXYGEN; RAIN; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TENNESSEE; TREES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747503149     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9060-1     Document Type: Article

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