Nutrient discharges to Biscayne Bay, Florida: Trends, loads, and a pollutant index

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 530-539

  Carey, Richard O ^a   Migliaccio, Kati W ^a   Brown, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergy; Nutrient enrichment; Pollutant loads; Trend analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; BISCAYNE BAY; DRAINAGE AREA; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLORIDA; INDEX VALUES; LOAD ESTIMATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MONITORING SITES; NUTRIENT DISCHARGES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTANT LOADS; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY DATA; WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RATING; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BAY; DISCHARGE; LAND USE CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND DRAINAGE; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BISCAYNE BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649866898     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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