Nutrient concentrations in Maryland non-tidal streams

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 221-235

  Morgan II, Raymond P ^a   Kline, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; DOC; DON; Nitrate; Nitrite; Stream nutrients; Stream survey; TN; TP

Indexed keywords

DOC; DON; NITRITE; STREAM NUTRIENT; STREAM SURVEYS; TN; TP;

GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NUTRIENT; SPRING WATER; STREAM; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; RIVER BASIN; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARYLAND; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960386398     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1684-0     Document Type: Article

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