Water quality trends in the Delaware River Basin (USA) from 1980 to 2005

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 193-225

  Kauffman, Gerald J ^a   Homsey, Andrew R ^a   Belden, Andrew C ^a   Sanchez, Jessica Rittler ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Delaware River Basin Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental regulations; Rivers streams; Water quality; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

BALD EAGLES; DELAWARE BASIN; DELAWARE RIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; OXYGEN LEVELS; PHILADELPHIA; POLLUTED AREA; QUALITY RECOVERY; RIVERS/STREAMS; TIDAL ESTUARY; WATER QUALITY TRENDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFINED FLOW; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LANDFORMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; TREND ANALYSIS; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; LAW; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

DELAWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

DELAWARE BASIN; PERMIAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; MORONE;

EID: 79959723746     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1628-8     Document Type: Article

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