Potential pollutant sources in a Choptank River (USA) subwatershed and the influence of land use and watershed characteristics

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 430, Issue , 2012, Pages 270-279

  Niño de Guzmán, Gabriela T ^a   Hapeman, Cathleen J ^b   Prabhakara, Kusuma ^c   Codling, Eton E ^b   Shelton, Daniel R ^b   Rice, Clifford P ^b   Hively, W Dean ^d   McCarty, Gregory W ^b   Lang, Megan W ^e   Torrents, Alba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chesapeake Bay; Land use; Nutrients; Poultry production; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRONOMIC PRACTICES; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIUM-N; ANALYTES; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BASEFLOWS; CATCHMENT AREA; CHESAPEAKE BAY; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION DATA; HEAD WATERS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NITRATE-N; OVERLAND FLOW; POLLUTANT SOURCES; POULTRY PRODUCTION; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS;

AGRONOMY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; CATCHMENTS; CROPS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

AMMONIUM; ARSENIC; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DETECTION METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GIS; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP PRODUCTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREST; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MARYLAND; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

CHOPTANK RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84862573546     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.056     Document Type: Article

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