Effects of land use and land cover, stream discharge, and interannual climate on the magnitude and timing of nitrogen, phosphorus, and organic carbon concentrations in three coastal plain watersheds

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2356-2368

  Lehrter, John C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Climate; Hydrologic Simulation Program Fortran; Hydrology; Land use and land cover; Nitrogen; Non point source nutrients; Organic carbon; Phosphorus; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATERSHEDS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATION PROGRAM FORTRAN; LAND COVER; NON-POINT-SOURCE NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL PLAIN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOREST; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIMULATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845416541     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X102015     Document Type: Article

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