Land-use proximity as a basis for assessing stream water quality in New York State (USA)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 727-733

  Tran, Christopher P ^a   Bode, Robert W ^b   Smith, Alexander J ^b   Kleppel, Gary S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat assessment; Land use; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONES; CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS; DRAINAGE AREA; FAR-FIELD; HABITAT ASSESSMENT; LAND COVER; LAND-COVER TYPES; MONITORING PROTOCOL; NATIONAL LAND-COVER DATUM; NEAR-FIELD; NEW YORK STATE; NON-POINT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; RAPID HABITAT ASSESSMENTS; RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; STREAM WATER QUALITY; URBAN AREAS; WATER QUALITY INDICATORS; ZONE OF INFLUENCES;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HYDRAULICS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUFFER ZONE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349105459     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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