Establishing storm-water BMP evaluation metrics based upon ambient water quality associated with benthic macroinvertebrate populations

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 535-541

  McNett, Jacquelyn K ^a   Hunt, William F ^b   Osborne, Jason A ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; BMPs; Regulatory standards; Storm water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT WATERS; BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BMPS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DATA COLLECTION; ECOREGIONS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EVALUATION METRICS; FECAL COLIFORM; MACROINVERTEBRATES; NORTH CAROLINA; RECEIVING WATERS; REGULATORY STANDARDS; STORM WATER; STORMWATERS; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEALTH; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EFFLUENTS;

BENTHOS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; STANDARD (REGULATION); STORMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956248242     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000185     Document Type: Article

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