Regional nutrient trends in streams and rivers of the United States, 1993-2003

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3430-3435

  Sprague, Lori A ^a   Lorenz, David L ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; LAND SURFACE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; PRECIPITATION AND RUNOFF; REGIONAL TRENDS; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TREND TESTS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

DROUGHT; PHOSPHORUS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; STREAM;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249125690     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803664x     Document Type: Article

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