Factors Affecting Stream Nutrient Loads: A Synthesis of Regional SPARROW Model Results for the Continental United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 891-915

  Preston, Stephen D ^a   Alexander, Richard B ^a   Schwarz, Gregory E ^a   Crawford, Charles G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational methods; Empirical modeling; Geospatial analysis; Landscape; Modeling; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrients; Point source pollution; Rivers streams; SPARROW models; Statistical models; Watershed management; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL MODELING; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVERS/STREAMS; STATISTICAL MODELS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CULTIVATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860409033     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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