Effects of highway construction on stream water quality and macroinvertebrate condition in a Mid-Atlantic Highlands watershed, USA

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1672-1682

  Chen, Yushun ^a   Viadero Jr , Roger C ^a   Wei, Xinchao ^a   Fortney, Ronald ^a   Hedrick, Lara B ^b   Welsh, Stuart A ^b   Anderson, James T ^b   Lin, Lian Shin ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CURRENT CONSTRUCTION; DURING CONSTRUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MITIGATION STRATEGY; ON-STREAM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STREAM CONDITION; T-TESTS; TOTAL IRONS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WEST VIRGINIA;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; RIVER CONTROL; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CHLORIDE; IRON; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HIGHWAY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SCORING SYSTEM; STREAM (RIVER); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; INVERTEBRATES; TRANSPORTATION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 67650492128     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0423     Document Type: Article

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