Evaluation of regression methodology with low-frequency water quality sampling to estimate constituent loads for ephemeral watersheds in Texas

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1847-1854

  Toor, Gurpal S ^a   Harmel, R Daren ^b   Haggard, Brian E ^c   Schmidt, Gerd ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FOOD PROCESSING; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

LOW FREQUENCIES; QUALITY REGULATION; REGRESSION METHODS; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; WATER-QUALITY SAMPLING;

WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; NUTRIENT; PASTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TEXAS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 51849138398     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0232     Document Type: Article

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