Implementing landscape indices to predict stream water quality in an agricultural setting: An assessment of the Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) protocol in the Mississinewa River watershed, East-Central Indiana

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1102-1110

  Shiels, Derek R ^a  

^a TAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Indiana; Landcover; Remotely sensed indicators; Stream water quality

Indexed keywords

GIS; INDIANA; LAND COVER; REMOTELY SENSED INDICATORS; STREAM WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BASEFLOW; BASIN MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; GIS; LAKE WATER; LAND COVER; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SATELLITE DATA; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

INDIANA; MISSISSINEWA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EPHEMEROPTERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 77957870109     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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