A watershed-scale model for predicting nonpoint pollution risk in North Carolina

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-74

  Potter, Kevin M ^a   Cubbage, Frederick W ^a   Blank, Gary B ^a   Schaberg, Rex H ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Ecological risk assessment; Forest cover; Land use planning; Nonpoint source pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

POLLUTION RISKS; SILVICULTURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MODEL; POLICY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 4344676786     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0117-7     Document Type: Article

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