Historical changes in water quality at German Branch in the Choptank River Basin

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 199, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 353-369

  Sutton, Adrienne J ^a,b   Fisher, Thomas R ^a   Gustafson, Anne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural management; Chesapeake Bay; Nutrients; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BASEFLOW; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CHESAPEAKE BAY; CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED; HISTORICAL CHANGES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NATURAL PROCESS; RATE OF INCREASE; RESOURCE MANAGERS; RIVER BASINS; TOTAL NITROGEN; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATERSHED SCALE;

LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BASEFLOW; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GERMANY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349138567     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9884-8     Document Type: Article

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