Quantifying Annual Nitrogen Loads to Virginia's Coastal Lagoons: Sources and Water Quality Response

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-309

  Giordano, Juliette Christina Poleto ^a   Brush, Mark J ^a   Anderson, Iris C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Nutrient loading model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COASTAL LAGOON; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

DELMARVA PENINSULA; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79751529940     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9345-7     Document Type: Article

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