Conductivity as a tracer of agricultural and urban runoff to delineate water quality impacts in the northern Everglades

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 445-462

  Harwell, Matthew C ^a,b   Surratt, Donatto D ^a,b   Barone, Dorianne M ^a,c   Aumen, Nicholas G ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

^b c/o ARM Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge ^*  (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge; Chloride; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Oligotrophic wetland; Phosphorus; Soft water; South Florida; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CANALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

A.R.M. LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; CHLORIDE; OLIGOTROPHIC WETLAND; SOFT WATER; SOUTH FLORIDA; SULFATE;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CHLORIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

CHLORIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NITROGEN; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; CONDUCTANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MARSH; NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND; ZONE CLASSIFICATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56249113358     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0131-3     Document Type: Article

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