Relating major ions and nutrients to watershed conditions across a mixed-use, water-supply watershed

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 887-911

  Dow, Charles L ^a   Arscott, David B ^a,b   Newbold, J Denis ^a  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anions; Cations; Land use; New York; Nutrients; Scale

Indexed keywords

ANION; BASEFLOW; CATION; GEOLOGY; IONIC COMPOSITION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NUTRIENT; STREAMWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845335190     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)025[0887:RMIANT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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