High sediment oxygen demand within an instream swamp in Southern Georgia: Implications for low dissolved oxygen levels in coastal blackwater streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1493-1507

  Todd, M Jason ^a   Vellidis, George ^b   Lowrance, R Richard ^c   Pringle, Catherine M ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackwater streams; Dissolved oxygen; Organic carbon; Sediment oxygen demand; Total maximum daily load

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BUDGET CONTROL; DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

BLACKWATER STREAMS; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MEASURED PARAMETERS; SEDIMENT OXYGEN DEMAND; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY MODELS; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

COASTAL PLAIN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; REPOSITORY; STREAM; SWAMP; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249096008     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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