Land use, geology, enrichment, and stream biota in the Eastern Ridge and Valley ecoregion: Implications for nutrient criteria development

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1521-1536

  Zheng, Lei ^a   Gerritsen, Jeroen ^a   Beckman, John ^a   Ludwig, Jon ^a   Wilkes, Sam ^a  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria; Geology; Land use; Macroinvertebrates; Nutrients; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; EARTH SCIENCES; EUTROPHICATION; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

ALGAL BIOMASSES; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE; BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATIONS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CRITERIA; GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MACROINVERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES; MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CRITERIONS; PERIPHYTON; STREAM CONDITIONS; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL NITROGENS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUSES; TROPHIC STATES; URBAN DEVELOPMENTS; URBAN LAND USES; WEST VIRGINIA;

NUTRIENTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOREGION; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; LIMESTONE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT; PERIPHYTON; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

ALGAE;

EID: 57449106671     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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