Effects of urbanization on stream hydrology and water quality: The Florida Gulf Coast

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2019-2030

  Chelsea Nagy, R ^a   Graeme Lockaby, B ^b   Kalin, Latif ^b   Anderson, Chris ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Nutrients; Sediment; Surface water hydrology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL WATERSHEDS; FECAL COLIFORM; FLORIDA; GLOBAL SCALE; GULF COAST; HYDROGRAPHS; IMPERVIOUS COVER; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LAND DEVELOPMENT; MAXIMUM FLOWS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; POPULATION DENSITIES; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; STREAM DEGRADATION; STREAM WATER QUALITY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

BACTERIA; COASTAL ZONES; DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

URBAN GROWTH;

BACTERIUM; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

APALACHICOLA RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84862644943     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8336     Document Type: Article

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