Evaluation of progress in achieving TMDL mandated nitrogen reductions in the Neuse river basin, North Carolina

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 253-266

  Lebo, Martin E ^a   Paerl, Hans W ^b   Peierls, Benjamin L ^b  

^a WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Nutrient management; Phosphorus; TMDL; Trends

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GROWTH; ESTUARINE WATERS; HIGH FLOW CONDITIONS; KJELDAHL; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATURAL VARIATION; NEUSE RIVER; NITROGEN REDUCTION; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; REMINERALIZATION; RIVER FLOW; TMDL; TMDL IMPLEMENTATION; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; TRENDS; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS;

EUTROPHICATION; LOADING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION; RIVER CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ESTUARIES;

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; ESTUARY; FLOW RATE; METHODOLOGY; NEUSE RIVER BASIN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WINTER;

CHLOROPHYLL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; NORTH CAROLINA; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

NEUSE BASIN; NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH CAROLINA; RALEIGH; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84856740844     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9774-5     Document Type: Article

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