Pollutant impacts to Cape Hatteras National Seashore from urban runoff and septic leachate

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1356-1366

  Mallin, Michael A ^a   McIver, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Barrier island; Fecal bacteria; Hypoxia; Nutrients; Septic system

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; BARRIER ISLAND; FECAL BACTERIA; HYPOXIA; SEPTIC SYSTEM;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; NUTRIENTS; PARKS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEPTIC TANKS; SEWAGE;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; AMMONIUM; BRACKISH WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPOXIA; LEACHATE; NATIONAL PARK; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RUNOFF; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER TABLE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FECES MICROFLORA; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; CITIES; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; HUMANS; NITROGEN; NORTH CAROLINA; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

CAPE HATTERAS; HATTERAS ISLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84863427015     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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