Surface-Water Nutrient Conditions and Sources in the United States Pacific Northwest

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1110-1135

  Wise, Daniel R ^a   Johnson, Henry M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geospatial analysis; Nutrients; Pacific Northwest; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS; FOREST LAND; GEOLOGIC MATERIALS; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTIC; NATURAL SOURCES; NUTRIENT CONDITIONS; NUTRIENT CRITERIA; NUTRIENT DELIVERY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT SOURCES; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; POINT SOURCES; REGIONAL PATTERN; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SURFACES; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; FUTURE PROSPECT; NUTRIENT BUDGET; POINT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860389075     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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