Population growth away from the coastal zone: Thirty years of land use change and nutrient export in the Altamaha River, GA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3347-3356

  Weston, Nathaniel B ^a,b   Hollibaugh, James T ^a   Joye, Samantha B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altamaha; Export; Land use change; Loading; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Ocmulgee; Oconee; Ohoopee; Organic carbon; Phosphorus; Population; River; South Atlantic Bight; Southeast; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ALTAMAHA; EXPORT; LAND USE CHANGE; OCMULGEE; OCONEE; OHOOPEE; POPULATION; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT; SOUTHEAST;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; FIRE HAZARDS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND USE CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD; GEORGIA; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ALTAMAHA RIVER; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62749092026     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.066     Document Type: Article

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