Developing environment-specific water quality guidelines for suspended particulate matter

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2324-2332

  Bilotta, G S ^a   Burnside, N G ^a   Cheek, L ^a   Dunbar, M J ^b   Grove, M K ^a   Harrison, C ^c   Joyce, C ^a   Peacock, C ^c   Davy Bowker, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Aquaread Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem specific; Reference condition; Suspended particulate matter; Suspended sediment; Suspended solids; Water quality guidelines

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CATCHMENTS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LAND USE; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

'CURRENT; CATCHMENT AREA; ECOSYSTEM-SPECIFIC; EUROPEAN UNION; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MULTIPLE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; REFERENCE CONDITION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

FRESH WATER; NANOCOATING; NANOPARTICLE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE; RIVER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STREAM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHALK; CLAY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SAND; STREAM (RIVER); SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858072208     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.055     Document Type: Article

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