Comparative impacts of stormwater runoff on water quality of an urban, a suburban, and a rural stream

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 475-491

  Mallin, Michael A ^a   Johnson, Virginia L ^a,b   Ensign, Scott H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b Land Management Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

BOD; Creeks; Fecal bacteria; Impervious; Pollutants; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; FECAL BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LANDSCAPE TYPE; RAIN EVENTS; STORM WATER RUNOFF; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL RAINFALL; TOTAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; URBAN STREAM; WATER QUALITY DATA; WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROUGHT; HYDRAULICS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PORPHYRINS; RAIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

COLIFORM BACTERIA;

CHLOROPHYLL A; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER; SURFACE WATER; SURFACTANT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FECAL COLIFORM; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; STREAM CHANNEL; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; LANDSCAPE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM (RIVER); SUBURBAN AREA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RAIN; RIVERS; RURAL POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 70450284750     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0644-4     Document Type: Article

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