Water quality in the Dickinson Bayou watershed (Texas, Gulf of Mexico) and health issues

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 896-904

  Quigg, Antonietta ^a,b   Broach, Linda ^c   Denton, Winston ^d   Miranda, Roger ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

^d Texas Parks and Wildlife Dickinson Department   (United States)

^e Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ecosystem management; Environmental monitoring; Eutrophication; Low dissolved oxygen; Nitrogen; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECAL COLIFORM; FLUSHING RATES; GULF OF MEXICO; HEALTH ISSUES; HOUSTON , TEXAS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SMALL WATERSHEDS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY DATA;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUTROPHICATION; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

NITROGEN;

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; BIRD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUTROPHICATION; FECAL COLIFORM; MEXICO; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CHLOROPHYLL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TEXAS; TIME; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

DICKINSON BAYOU; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AVES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 67349250765     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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