Considerations for assessments of wadable drainage systems in the agriculturally dominated deltas of Arkansas and Mississippi

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 432-441

  Stephens, W W ^a   Moore, M T ^b   Farris, J L ^c   Bouldin, J L ^c   Cooper, C M ^b  

^a ENSR   (United States)

^b USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DELTA; DRAINAGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; LAND DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARKANSAS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; MISSISSIPPI; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARKANSAS; ARKANSAS DELTA; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 51849121702     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9136-3     Document Type: Article

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