Assessment of water quality conditions in the St. Louis Bay watershed

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 468-477

  Liu, Zhijun ^a,e   Kingery, William L ^a   Huddleston, David H ^b   Hossain, Faisal ^b   Hashim, Noor B ^c   Kieffer, Janna M ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d BARR ENGINEERING COMPANY   (United States)

^e Dynamic Solutions LLC Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Base flow events; Spatial variation; Storm flow events; Water quality assessment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

BASE FLOW EVENTS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM FLOW EVENTS; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; STORM WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MISSOURI; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 40449116680     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520701796283     Document Type: Article

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