Land use and climate variability amplify contaminant pulses

Eos

Volumn 91, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 221-222

  Kaushal, Sujay S ^a   Pace, Michael L ^b   Groffman, Peter M ^c   Band, Lawrence E ^d   Belt, Kenneth T ^e   Mayer, Paul M ^f   Welty, Claire ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND USE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954616234     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010EO250001     Document Type: Article

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