Effects of urban and non-urban land cover on nitrogen and phosphorus runoff to Chesapeake Bay

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 459-474

  Roberts, Allen D ^a   Prince, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Landscape metrics; Nutrients; Remote sensing; Riparian stream buffers; Rivers streams; SPARROW model; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CHESAPEAKE BAY; LANDSCAPE METRICS; RIPARIAN STREAM BUFFERS; RIVERS/STREAMS; SPARROW MODEL; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MANURES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; METRIC SYSTEM; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SIMULATORS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

BAY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND COVER; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449099335     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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