The urban watershed continuum: Evolving spatial and temporal dimensions

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 409-435

  Kaushal, Sujay S ^a   Belt, Kenneth T ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging infrastructure; Copper; Emerging contaminants; Land use change; Lead; Nitrogen; Organic carbon; Phosphorus; Road salt; Sanitary city; Stormwater management; Stream restoration; Urban sustainability; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861455174     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0226-7     Document Type: Article

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