Effect of road salt application on seasonal chloride concentrations and toxicity in South-Central Indiana streams

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1036-1042

  Gardner, Kristin M ^a   Royer, Todd V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC LIFE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; IN-DEGREE; INDIANA; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; REFERENCE SITES; ROAD DENSITY; ROAD SALTS; SALT RETENTION; SNOWMELT; STORM DRAINS; TOXICITY TESTING;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; TOXICITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

RUNOFF; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SODIUM RETENTION; STREAM (RIVER); TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED; WINTER;

CHLORIDES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIANA; RIVERS; SEASONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSPORTATION; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

PULEX;

EID: 77952184637     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0402     Document Type: Article

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